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  • Bast, Bessie Prail,
     
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  • Cleon Rhoades Foundry,
     
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  • Animal -- Dolphin
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Reading
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bast, Bessie Prail, sculptor.
    Cleon Rhoades Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Two Dolphins, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1971.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: gilded aluminum; Base: metal.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 51 in. x W. 41 in. x Diam. 16 in.
    Inscription: 
    signed
    Description: 
    Two Oriental-faced dolphins with upswing tails, heads resting on rooftop peak of a pagoda.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Dolphin
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Reading
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Reading, Bureau of Parks and Public Property, 815 Washington Street, Reading, Pennsylvania 19601
    Located The Pagoda, Mt. Penn, Reading, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The dolphins replace earlier clay dolphins which disintegrated. The Pagoda building on which they stand has been designated a historic landmark. In 1992, the dolphins were regilded.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
    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 PA001768
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