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    		• Toussaint, Armand,
     
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    		• Holcomb, J. I.,
     
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    		• Lindberg, Arthur,
     
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    		• Graux-Marly,
     
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    		• Mythology -- Classical
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
     
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    Persephone, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Toussaint, Armand, 1806-1862, sculptor.
    Holcomb, J. I., landscape architect.
    Lindberg, Arthur, landscape architect.
    Graux-Marly, founder.
    Title: 
    Persephone, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1840. Dedicated 1950.
    Medium: 
    Bronze on a limestone base in a concrete pool.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 63 x 22 x 16 in.; Base: approx. 7 x 6 x 5 ft. Pool: approx. H. 18 in. Diam. 40 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Proper right statue base:) AD TOUSSAINT/SCULPTEUR (Proper left statue base:) GRAUX-MARLY/FABT DE BRONZES (Base front:) PERSEPHONE/IN ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLO-/GY, SHE, AS THE DAUGHTER/OF ZEUS AND DEMETER, WAS/WORSHIPPED AS THE GODDESS/OF VEGETATION, RETURNING/EACH SPRING FROM THE REALM/OF HADES TO HERALD THE/SEASON OF GROWTH, AND IN/WINTER DISAPPEARING TO PASS/HER TIME, LIKE THE SEED,/UNDER THE EARTH. THE STATUE/WAS EXECUTED IN PARIS ABOUT/1840 BY ARMAND TOUSSAINT,/1806-1862. A GIFT OF JAMES/IRVING HOLCOMB - 1950 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Standing female figure set on a limestone pedestal base in the center of a concrete octagonal pool. The figure of Persephone is draped from the waist down. Her proper right hand is raised and holds a lit torch of bundled faggots.
    Subject: 
    Mythology -- Classical -- Persephone
    Object -- Other -- Torch
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Butler University, 4600 Sunset, Holcomb Gardens, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Swift, estate of, Chicago, Illinois
    Formerly located France
    Remarks: 
    Butler University's Irwin Library's Rare Books and Special Collections files contain information on Holcomb Gardens. The sculpture originally came from France. J. I. Holcomb then acquired it from the Swift estate in Chicago. Armand Toussaint was the primary artist of the piece. It was cast by Graux-Marly and J. I. Holcomb and Arthur Lindberg were the landscape architects.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000032
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