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    		• Kitson, Henry Hudson,
     
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    		• Bedford Bronze Foundry,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Child
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Port Arthur
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Music of the Sea, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kitson, Henry Hudson, 1863-1947, sculptor.
    Bedford Bronze Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Music of the Sea, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1940. Dedicated March 11, 1941.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On figure's heel:) H. H. Kitson (On figure's back:) Paris 1884/Bedford Bronze Foundry, Inc. (On plaque on front of base:) Music of the Sea signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length bronze nude figure of a young boy. He is sitting on a rock; a fishing net is draped across his lap. His torso is bent to the proper left and he holds a shell to his proper left ear. His proper right arm is extended in front of him. His proper left leg is bent and the foot rests high on top of a rock. He is smiling. The sculpture rests on a stone boulder in the center of a fountain basin.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Child -- Nude
    Object -- Other -- Shell
    Allegory -- Place -- Seas
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Port Arthur
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Port Arthur, Port Arthur, Texas
    Located Jefferson County Sub-Courthouse, 525 Lakeshore Drive, Port Arthur, Texas
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is a casting of the original bronze sculpture exhibited by the artist at the Paris Salon. The sculpture was given as a gift to the city by Edith Norton in honor of her father, Charles Eugene Smith, mayor of the city between 1899 and 1901. The sculpture was originally located on the Sub-Courthouse front lawn; it was moved to its present location on the back lawn when the courthouse was expanded. Cost of the sculpture and fountain was $3,000 - $5,000. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Port Arthur News, Aug. 2, 1938, June 18, 1939, March 11, 1941 and Dec. 24, 1961.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX001059
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