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(Beauty and the Beast), (sculpture). Artist:  Vichy, F., sculptor. Title:  (Beauty and the Beast), (sculpture). Dates:  1890s (?). Relocated after April 1954. Medium:  White marble, probably Carrara. Dimensions:  Approx. 34 x 32 x 16 in. Inscription:  (On top proper right rear corner of the sculpture's base:) F. Vichi (sic)/Firen(...illegible) signed Description:  A nude female figure sits sideways atop a lioness. The female figure holds a fold of drapery with her proper left hand and crosses her proper left leg under her proper right leg. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Figure female -- Nude Animal -- Lion Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Dixville Notch Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Tillotson Corporation, Route 26, Dixville Notch, New Hampshire 03576 Located Balsams Grand Resort Hotel, Border garden in front of solarium window, Dixville Notch, New Hampshire 03576 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Sprague Family, Wellesley, Massachusetts 1890s-ca. mid-1950s. Remarks:  The sculpture was formerly owned by the Sprague Family of Wellesley, Massachusetts who probably purchased it in the 1890s when they built their home. Neil Tillotson acquired the sculpture when he purchased the Sprague property and he brought the sculpture to The Balsams in the mid-1950s, sometime after he bought The Balsams in April 1954. Originally, the sculpture was placed in the lobby of The Balsams, but later it was placed in storage. From 1971 to the present it has been placed in the garden from May through October. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire 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 NH000179   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000179 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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