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Rumsey, Charles Cary,
Mythology -- Classical
Recreation -- Leisure
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Buffalo
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Fountain
Sculpture
The Three Graces, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Rumsey, Charles Cary, 1879-1922, sculptor. (copy after)
Title:
The Three Graces, (sculpture).
Dates:
Replica cast May 1987.
Medium:
Fountain: glass (?) and bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Fountain: approx. 4 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. W. 2 ft. 6 in. x D. 2 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Fountain consisting of three nude females, representing the three graces, including Aglaia (brilliance), Euphrosyne (joy), and Thalia (bloom), standing in various poses, including bathing. Figures are mounted upon a circular base. The fountain is set in a lake.
Subject:
Mythology -- Classical -- Graces
Recreation -- Leisure -- Bathing
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Buffalo
Copy
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, 25 Nottingham Court, Buffalo, New York 14216
Located Forest Lawn Cemetery, In Mirror Lake, Buffalo, New York
Remarks:
The fountain is a replica of Charles Cary Rumsey's Three Graces, which was commissioned around 1909 as the centerpiece of a terrace fountain at Arden, the E. H. Harriman Estate on the Hudson River. Ramsey came from a family strongly linked to Forest Lawn Cemetery, with five Rumsey family members having served on the cemetery's board of directors from 1864 until the present. Nearby plaque reads: The Three Graces fountain scukpture (sic) by/Charles Cary Rumsey 1879-1922/Donated 1987 by/the Rumsey and Goodyear families/and patrons of Forest Lawn Cemetery. IAS files contain a related article from The Buffalo News, Oct. 25, 1987, pg. 2B.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, Buffalo survey, 1992.
Illustration:
The Buffalo News, Oct. 25, 1987, pg. 2B.
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 NY000316
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NY000316
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