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    		• Colten, Elaine Pear,
     
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    		• Busse, Edward,
     
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    		• Sculpture Services,
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Occupation -- Science
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Falmouth
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Woods Hole: the Scientists, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Colten, Elaine Pear, sculptor.
    Busse, Edward, fabricator.
    Sculpture Services, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Woods Hole: the Scientists, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Scientists.
    Dates: 
    1980.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bonded bronze with patina; Base: cement.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 35 x 45 x 22 in.; Base: approx. 20 x 60 x 42 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Bottom rear, proper left:) Elaine Pear Cohen (First plaque on upper corner of base:) "Woods Hole"/The Scientists/Sculptor Elaine Pear Cohen/1980"/(plaque below it) "Given to the MBL/BY Dr. Virginia Peters 1991" signed
    Description: 
    Three scientists, a female flanked by two males, are seated and talking to each other. The female has her back slightly turned to the male on her proper left and both face the male on her proper right, who faces them with his proper right hand to his chest. The males both have short hair and the female has shoulder-length hair with a skirt whose hem falls to her calf. The sculpture is mounted upon a rectangular base with a plaque on the front.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Occupation -- Science -- Scientist
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Falmouth
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Marine Biological Laboratory, Water Street, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02543
    Provenance: 
    Donated by Peters, Virginia, Water Street & School Street, Falmouth, Massachusetts 1991.
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by Dr. Virginia Peters, who wanted a sculpture representative of Woods Hole. Sculpture was located at Dr. Peters' home until she moved and gave it to the Marine Biological Laboratory in 1991. Sculpture is the second of two castings.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 MA000070
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