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  • Myers, Harry E.,
     
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  • Figure female -- Full length
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Mobile
     
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    Essence, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Myers, Harry E., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Essence, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Rain and Water, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated June 24, 1990.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 10 in. x 1 ft. 5 in. x 1 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.
    Inscription: 
    H. E. M. (There is a heart underneath) (On base:) ESSENCE signed
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a woman stands in a square pool. The figure wears a plain dress and is barefoot. She holds the skirt of her dress by the hem to catch water. She appears to have been caught in the rain.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Allegory -- Element -- Water
    Landscape -- Weather -- Rain
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Mobile
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Mobile, Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners, Mobile, Alabama
    Located Harry E. Myers Water Filtration Facility, 1475 Hubert Pierce Road, P. O. Box 2368, Mobile, Alabama 36652
    Remarks: 
    Gift of the artist for the facility named in his honor. IAS files contain a related article from the Mobile Register, June 25, 1990, brochures from the facility and a copy of an invitation to the dedication.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1990.
    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 AL000304
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