Sea Urchin, (sculpture).

Sea Urchin, (sculpture).

Berge, Henry, 1908- , sculptor.

Berge, Edward, 1876-1924, sculptor. (copy after)

Sea Urchin, (sculpture).

Original 1926. 1959-1961.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 77 x 31 x 25 in.; Base: approx. 33 x 28 x 28 in.

A small, nude female child stands on a rock with her proper right arm stretching straight up and her proper left arm reaching out from her body parallel to the ground.

Figure female -- Child

Figure female -- Nude

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Located Mt. Vernon Place, South Garden, Baltimore, Maryland 21201

This piece is an enlargement of the original piece done by the sculptor's father, Edward Berge, in 1926. Frederick R. Huber, Director of the Lyric Theater, left money in his will for Henry to enlarge his father's piece and replace the original which was located in the South Garden of Washington Place (now known as Mt. Vernon Place). Edward Berge's 1926 original was moved in 1961 to Johns Hopkins University (IAS record number 75006029). An inscription on a nearby plaque reads: As a memorial to his friend Edward Berge, this/enlargement of his 'Sea Urchin' by Henry Berge/was presented to the City of Baltimore by/Frederick R. Huber 1959. Completed 1961.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

The Peale Museum.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.

Naylor, Henry and Caroline, "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection," 1987.

For original see: 75006029.

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