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Sailor and Mermaid, (sculpture). Artist:  Marie-Rose, Henri, sculptor. Title:  Sailor and Mermaid, (sculpture). Dates:  1970. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: copper sheets, cut, pounded, and welded, and bronze; Foundation: concrete pad. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 108 x 45 x 36 in. Inscription:  (On front lower section of sculpture:) H. Marie-Rose '70 signed Subject:  Abstract Literature -- Marie-Rose Literature -- Character -- Sailor Literature -- Character -- Mermaid Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102 Located 1351 24th Avenue, between Judah and Irving, San Francisco, California Provenance:  Formerly located Central Police Station, Vallejo Street, San Francisco, California Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by the San Francisco Art Commission's Public Art Program and depicts a scene from a story written by the artist when he was a schoolboy. The story involves the rescue of a sailor by a mermaid who took the sailor to an underwater cave with an air pocket. The sculpture represents the mermaid's mother telling her reluctant daughter that she must let the sailor go. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1994. 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 CA000610   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000610 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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