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    Leda and the Swan, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945, sculptor.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Leda and the Swan, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1936.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 28 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On top of base:) Calder (On side of base:) Roman Bronze Works, New York signed Founders mark appears.
    Description: 
    Beaux Arts style female figure with crossed legs and extended arms. Figure covered in light drapery, with swan balanced on right shoulder.
    Subject: 
    Mythology -- Classical -- Zeus
    Animal -- Bird -- Swan
    Mythology -- Classical -- Leda
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver, Colorado 80204 Accession Number: 1977.9.
    Provenance: 
    Gift of Stanton, Charles Edwin, 1977.
    Acquired from Bonfils, May,
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by May Bonfils as a fountain for her home, made in 1936. Home designed by Jacques Benedict who recommended Calder. Base of fountain was Versaille marble. Fountain did not function properly and sculpture was removed.
    References: 
    Denver Art Museum, 1989.
    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 05520010
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