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    		• Reeks, Harry,
     
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    		• Reeks, Chloe,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Biloxi
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Golden Fisherman, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Reeks, Harry, 1920-1982, sculptor.
    Reeks, Chloe, assistant.
    Title: 
    The Golden Fisherman, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1975. Dedicated Oct. 1975.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with gold leaf; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 8 x 4 x 12 ft.; Base: approx. Diam. 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Welded to the proper left foot:) REEKS signed
    Description: 
    Stylized figure of a fisherman casting his net. Figure is atop circular base in the center of a circular pool.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Industry -- Fishing
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Biloxi
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Biloxi, Public Works, 780 Esters Boulevard, Biloxi, Mississippi 39530
    Located 795 Howard Avenue, Biloxi, Mississippi
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture symbolizes City of Biloxi's people and its fishing industry. Commissioned by the City of Biloxi. Wife of the artist, Chloe Reeks assisted him with gold leaf. IAS files contain text of nearby plaque.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi 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 MS000216
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