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  • Wynne, David,
     
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  • Morris Singer Foundry,
     
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  • Figure male -- Child
     
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  • Animal -- Dolphin
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Worcester
     
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    Boy with a Dolphin, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wynne, David, 1926- , sculptor.
    Morris Singer Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Boy with a Dolphin, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1972. Dedicated 1974.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 x 20 x 7 ft.; Base: approx. H. 30 in. x W. 30 ft. x D. 14 ft. (1 ton).
    Description: 
    A fountain sculpture depicting a little boy holding onto the back fin of a dolphin as the dolphin leaps out of the water. The boy's legs fly out behind him and his proper right arm is extended for balance.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Child -- Nude
    Animal -- Dolphin
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Worcester
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Northeast Savings Bank, 22 Pearl Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01608
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Worcester, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain a copy of the City of Worcester Parks and Recreation Department / Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C "Monuments" questionnaire dated June 3, 1986; the Supplement for Form C "Monuments" questionnaire which includes a condition assessment; and a Sept. 1986 Dennis and Craine Associates condition assessment. The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: Boy with A Dolphin/David Wynne/1974.
    References: 
    Beall, Pamela E., "Artworks in Our Parks: An Inventory of Public Memorials," Worcester, MA: City of Worcester, 1986.
    Wynne, David, "The Sculpture of David Wynne 1968/1974," London: Phaidon Press, 1974.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Image on file.
    Beall, Pamela E., "Artworks in Our Parks: An Inventory of Public Memorials," Worcester, MA: City of Worcester, 1986, pg. 21.
    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 87630008
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