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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Granlund, Paul Theodore,     Granlund Sculpture Inc.,     Figure female -- Full length     Figure female -- Nude     Homage -- Hammarberg, Melvin A.     Occupation -- Religion     Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Peter     Fountain     Sculpture

Palindrome, (sculpture). Artist:  Granlund, Paul Theodore, 1925-2003, sculptor. Granlund Sculpture Inc., founder. Title:  Palindrome, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Melvin Hammarberg Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1976. Copyrighted 1976. Dedicated June 4, 1977. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze with a rusty brown patina; Base: Kasota stone and concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 60 x 32 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 32 x 72 x 72 in. Inscription:  (On proper left outside foot of lower figure:) P T GRANLUND/'76 2/2 (Greek lettering around the edge of the plinth is translated as "Wash your iniquities, not only your face") signed Description:  Fountain figures are installed on a round disk in a shallow round pool in a square basin. The figures are two female nudes who share the same head and have a total of three arms. The lower figure bends toward the pool to wash her face. She splashes water to her face with her proper left hand and her proper right hand is dipped into the water. The second figure's body rises upward vertically, from the same head, feet raised up in the air. This figure also has an additional proper right arm extending outward. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Figure female -- Nude Homage -- Hammarberg, Melvin A. Occupation -- Religion -- Bishop Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Peter Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota 56082 Located Gustavus Adolphus College, Christ Chapel, west grounds, St. Peter, Minnesota Remarks:  A memorial fountain honoring Bishop Melvin Hammarberg. The sculpture is cast no. 2/2. (The first cast is installed in the courtyard of St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church in Minneapolis.) The Greek inscription on the fountain plinth is a palindrome (can be read from the left or right), used by Emperor Justinian on the facade of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. IAS files contain related excerpt from College brochure "Granlund in the Linnaeus Arboretum and Sculpture Gardens...," n.d. Nearby plaque reads: PALINDROME, PAUL T. GRANLUND, SCULPTOR/IN MEMORY OF/MELVIN A. HAMMARBERG/CLASS OF 1933/BISHOP, MINNESOTA SYNOD 1965-1976/GIVEN BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Christenson, Kathryn and Kelvin W. Miller, eds., "Granlund: the Sculptor and his Work," St. Peter, MN: Gustavus Aldolphus College, 1978, pg. 37, 244. 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 MN000587   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000587 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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