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Undine, (sculpture). Artist:  Fry, Sherry Edmundson, 1879-1966, sculptor. Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder. Title:  Undine, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 55 x W. 52 in.; Base: approx. 5 x 28 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. Inscription:  (On upper left of sculpture:) UNDINE (On lower left of base:) THE HENRY BONNARD BRONZE CO. MT. VERNON N.Y. (On upper left of sculpture:) SHERRY FRY signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Female figure, nude except for light drapery, kneeling. Three fish rising up from the base support the statue. Subject:  Figure female -- Nude Animal -- Fish Mythology -- Classical -- Nymph Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  University of California at Los Angeles, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California 90018 Remarks:  IAS files contain a copy of the accessions record for this piece from a 1936 library inventory. The record lists the cost of this sculpture as $5,000. Commissioned probably sometime in the 1920s, not after 1934. IAS files also contain a copy of an undated letter from the artist to William Andrews Clark Jr., which is in reference to "Undine." The original letter is in the library's archives, General Correspondence before 1934. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, inventory, 1936. 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 CA000259   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000259 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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