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    		• Wright, Frank Lloyd,
     
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    		• Iannelli, Alfonso,
     
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    		• Crista, Heloise Swaback,
     
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    		• Kerish, George,
     
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    		• Aristone Precast Concrete Products,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Female
     
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    		• Fantasy -- Fairy
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Sprites, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, designer.
    Iannelli, Alfonso, 1888-1965, carver.
    Crista, Heloise Swaback, caster.
    Kerish, George, caster.
    Aristone Precast Concrete Products, fabricator.
    Title: 
    The Sprites, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Originally done in 1914. Recast in 1982.
    Medium: 
    Concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    6 figures. Each figure: approx. 5 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. x 2 ft.; Base: hexagon-shaped, approx. 2 x 2 x 2 ft. (Each: 200 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Six simplified full-length female figures. Four figures are in a group at the entrance; there is one in the cottage courtyard, and one in the pool area. All figures conform to a similar size and posture; they have their arms folded across their chests with their hands resting palm down on the fronts of their shoulders. They are clad in simple robes and headdresses. The robes have either a botanical or geometrical element. Two of the figures hold wands in their proper left hands.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Female
    Fantasy -- Fairy
    Object -- Other -- Wand
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Arizona Biltmore Resort, Public Relations, 24th St. & Missouri, Phoenix, Arizona 85016
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Midway Gardens, Chicago, Illinois
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain copies of a press release from the Arizona Biltmore dated 1/93 and a letter from Heloise Crista dated 2/93. Original sculptures were designed by Wright and Ianelli in 1914 for Chicago's Midway Gardens. That establishment was destroyed in 1929. After World War II, some of the Sprites were found in pieces in a farmer's field in Lake Dalton, Wisconsin. In 1982, the Sprites were shipped to Talisein West in Phoenix by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, where they were restored and recast by sculptors Christa and Kerish.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1993.
    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 AZ000022
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