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Bast, Bessie Prail,
Cleon Rhoades Foundry,
Animal -- Dolphin
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Reading
Sculpture
Untitled, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bast, Bessie Prail, sculptor.
Cleon Rhoades Foundry, founder.
Title:
Untitled, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Two Dolphins, (sculpture).
Dates:
1971.
Digital Reference:
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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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001768
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