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Pan with Sundial, (sculpture). Artist:  Fenton, Beatrice, 1887-1983, sculptor. Title:  Pan with Sundial, (sculpture). Dates:  1938. Relocated 1986. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast bronze with green patina; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 32 x 17 x 22 in.; Base: approx. 10 1/2 x 16 x 21 in. Inscription:  (Bottom rear of sculpture:) Beatrice Fenton SC 1938 (On face of sundial:) In Loving Memory of William Stanfield/F.R.C.O. F.A.C.O./MUS. B.PA/A Tribute/From/His Wife (Inscribed counterclockwise around outer rim of sundial:) Such Harmony is in Immortal Souls signed Description:  A single-piece cast bronze sculpture with a 9 1/2 in. diameter horizontal sundial (stylus missing) on a wreath supported by a squatting nude male. Proper left side of head and shoulder support sundial and wreath. Head and torso turned toward proper left with proper left elbow shoulder-high and proper right elbow resting on proper left knee. Figure is playing reed-pipes. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Pan Performing Arts -- Music -- Pipe Object Type:  Sundial Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Curator, 100 College Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Located University of Pennsylvania, Van Pelt Library, Rosengarten Court, 34th Street & Locust Walk (Blanche Levy Park), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Provenance:  Donated by Stansfield, William, Mrs., Remarks:  The sculpture was installed in the Rosengarten Court of the Van Pelt Library in 1986. Prior to that the sculpture was located on the 6th floor balcony of the Van Pelt Library. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1992. University of Pennsylvania, checklist, 1988. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 46300021   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 46300021 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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