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Posey, Leslie Thomas,
Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Flower
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Athens
Sculpture
(Female Figure), (sculpture).
Artist:
Posey, Leslie Thomas, 1900- , sculptor.
Title:
(Female Figure), (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated April 1954.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Cast concrete on concrete base with bronze plaque.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 54 x 13 x 12 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 26 x 35 x 35 in.
Inscription:
L. Posey (On plaque on base of sculpture:) A TRIBUTE FROM/NATIONAL COUNCIL/OF/STATE GARDEN CLUBS/ON ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY/APRIL, 1954/PRESENTED TO/THE FOUNDERS/MEMORIAL GARDEN/ATHENS, GEORGIA/"...FOR EVERY GOOD THING/HAS A BEGINNING AND/THE BEGINNING WAS HERE." signed
Description:
A standing female figure cast in concrete. She has long hair and wears a flowing gown which slips off her proper left shoulder. Her head is turned to the proper right. She holds a single rose against her body in her proper left hand. Her proper right hand holds the bottom of the rose. Her proper right foot rests on an elevated section of the plinth and her proper right leg is bent. The sculpture rests on a smooth rectangular base.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Object -- Flower -- Rose
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Athens
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Garden Club of Georgia, University of Georgia, 609 Calwell Hall, Athens, Georgia 30602
Located University of Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art, 90 Carlton Street, Founders Memorial Garden, Lumpkin Street, Athens, Georgia 30602
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
The School of Environmental Design Archives at the University of Georgia contains a photograph of the sculpture at the dedication.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia 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 GA000008
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Inventory of American Sculpture
GA000008
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