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    		• Piccoli, Girolamo,
     
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    		• Unknown (Breman, Germany),
     
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    		• Figure male -- Child
     
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    		• Figure male -- Child
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Boy with the Goose, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Piccoli, Girolamo, 1902-1971, sculptor.
    Unknown (Breman, Germany), founder.
    Title: 
    Boy with the Goose, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1926. Installed 1927.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cast bronze, patinated.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 43 x 20 x 12 in.; Base: approx. H. 44 in. x W. 28 1/2 in. x L. 20 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Back, lower left of base:) GIROLAMO PICCOLI signed
    Description: 
    A small naked boy sits holding a pet goose in his lap. The boy holds the goose's head in his proper left hand. Water for the fountain comes from the bird's open beak. The sculpture is mounted on an irregularly-shaped, tiered base and set in a planter.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Child -- Full length
    Figure male -- Child -- Nude
    Animal -- Bird -- Goose
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Milwaukee County, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
    Located 800 block East Lyon Street, between North Marshall & North Cass Streets, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Lake Park, North of the streetcar depot, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1927-1964
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is a replica of an original commissioned by Andrew A. McCabe in 1925 for his home on North Lake Drive. Area citizens liked it so much, they raised $800 to have a copy made. The replica was cast in Bremen, Germany. The sculpture was placed in Lake Park in 1927, as part of a fountain. In 1964, the base was vandalized and the sculpture was removed by park officials and placed in storage. When the Mandel Group announced plans for a new housing development, the City of Milwaukee dedicated part of the land as a small park to be maintained by the owners. Art Action, an art advocacy group, coordinated the cooperation between the private sector, the city and county to retrieve the sculpture from storage, have its bronze restored and re-patinated, and placed at its present location. Douglas Kwart (New York) did the conservation work in 1992.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee survey, 1993.
    Palmer, Virginia, 1992.
    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 WI000352
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