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Leda and the Swan, (sculpture). Artist:  Blistein, Burton, sculptor. Title:  Leda and the Swan, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1964. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  H. 27 in. W. 16 1/2 in. Inscription:  unsigned Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Leda Mythology -- Classical -- Zeus Animal -- Bird -- Swan Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Milwaukee Art Museum, 750 North Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 Remarks:  Flashings were never removed by artist. Edward Jankowski, a student at the Layton School of Art at the time this piece was cast, reports the artist was "too lazy" to remove flashings after mold cracked in casting process. References:  Milwaukee Art Museum, 1989. 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 58100218   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 58100218 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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