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Unknown (Italian),
Artistic,
Mythology -- Classical
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Sarasota
Sculpture
(Venus), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Italian), sculptor.
Artistic, founder.
Title:
(Venus), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Female Standing in Sea Shell, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1876.
Medium:
Figure: cement, painted white; Base: cement, painted white.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 56 x 23 x 18 in.; Base: approx. 31 x 19 x 19 in.
Inscription:
(On back, bottom of sculpture, beneath the shell:) Artistic/(copyright symbol) 1876 (letter R inside a box)/(...illegible) unsigned
Description:
A nude female, possibly Venus, stands with long wavy hair extending to the ground. In her proper left hand she holds a large lock of hair over her genital area, and she covers her proper right breast with her proper right hand. She is standing in a large seashell. The figure is mounted on an ornamented base.
Subject:
Mythology -- Classical -- Venus
Object -- Other -- Shell
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Sarasota
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, Florida 34243
Located St. Armand's Circle, John Ringling Boulevard, Sarasota, Florida
Remarks:
Bought in 1925 in Venice, Italy by John Ringling for his intended Ritz Carlton Hotel in Sarasota, Florida. The hotel was never completed due to the 1929 stock market crash. The figure was loaned by the Ringling Museum to the City of Sarasota in the late 1950s. For related information see David Weeks' "Ringling, The Florida Years: 1911-1936."
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida survey, 1995.
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 FL000599
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
FL000599
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