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    		• Greber, Henri Leon,
     
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    		• F. Barbedienne fonderie,
     
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    		• Children
     
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    		• Recreation -- Dancing
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Dancing Sprites, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Greber, Henri Leon, b. 1855, sculptor.
    F. Barbedienne fonderie, founder.
    Title: 
    Dancing Sprites, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast ca. 1900. Dedicated 1942.
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 44 in. x Diam. 44 in.
    Inscription: 
    H. Greber F. Barbedienne, Fondeur, Paris (On inside of base:) Mrs. James L. Flood Donor 1942 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Figure group of three nude children holding hands in a circle. A ribbon of cloth drapes around the children. They are dancing with legs uplifted. The bronze sculpture stands in the center of a round concrete base which is in the center of a fountain basin.
    Subject: 
    Children
    Recreation -- Dancing
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
    Fountain
    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 Huntington Park, San Francisco, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was a gift of Mrs. James Flood.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.
    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 CA001778
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