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Neary, Tom,
Literature -- Character
Allegory -- Place
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Riverdale
Sculpture
Misty the Mermaid, (sculpture).
Artist:
Neary, Tom, sculptor.
Title:
Misty the Mermaid, (sculpture).
Dates:
1990. Dedicated July 4, 1990.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Stainless steel and brass sculpture on a concrete slab with metal pipe.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 40 in. x 48 in.; Base: approx. H. 26 in. x Diam. 30 in. (200 lbs.).
Inscription:
Neary 90 signed
Description:
Seated mermaid on a cylindrical pedestal, bent at the knees with her tail out front. In her raised proper right hand she holds a wand. Her proper left arm is at her side, hand turned slightly as if leaning on something. Her long hair covers her breasts, and flows to below her waist. The sculpture is constructed out of hundreds of three-quarter by one-quarter inch bars welded together and ground down to a smooth finish.
Subject:
Literature -- Character -- Mermaid
Allegory -- Place -- Lake Sakakawea
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Riverdale
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Riverdale, Centennial Committee, Riverdale, North Dakota 58565
Located Post Office, 2nd Street, Riverdale, North Dakota
Remarks:
Cost eight thousand dollars. McLean County Independent states that the city plans to erect a fountain at a later date for the sculpture's permanent home. IAS files contain related articles from McLean County Independent (Garrison, ND), July 5, 1990, pg. 3 and Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, ND), July 2, 1990, pg. 10B.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Dakota survey, 1992.
McLean County Independent (Garrison, ND), July 5, 1990, pg. 3.
Bismarck Tribune, July 2, 1990, pg. 10B.
Illustration:
Image on file.
McLean County Independent (Garrison, ND), July 5, 1990, pg. 3.
Bismarck Tribune, July 2, 1990, pg. 10B.
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 ND000050
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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