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Artwork
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Title |
Artist |
Date |
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The Three Graces |
Charles Cary Rumsey |
Dedicated 1987
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Medium
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Medium |
Category |
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Bronze Statue on Granite Base with
Fountain Jet
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Statue |
Measurements
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Unit Measure |
Object Height |
Object Width |
Object Depth |
Object Diameter |
|
Feet |
4 |
2 |
2 |
N/A |
|
Unit Measure |
Base Height |
Base Width |
Base Depth |
Base Diameter |
|
Feet |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
N/A |
Description
|
Description |
Three female figures representing Aglaia, Euphrosene and Thalia stand
around a fountain jet as if washing. One figure stands on one leg
holding her proper right foot with her proper left hand. Another
figure has her proper left elbow aloft with her proper left hand
behind her neck and her proper right hand resting on the figure next
to her. The third figure stands with her proper left arm bent at the
elbow, proper left hand on her shoulder, and proper right arm at her
side. Inscription on nearby plaque reads: "The Three Graces fountain
sculpture by Charles Cary Rumsey 1879-1922. Donated 1987 by the Rumsey
and Goodyear families and the patrons of Forest Lawn Cemetery."
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Biographical Info.
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Bio. |
No
information available at this period.
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Location History
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Location |
Purpose |
Date Verified |
Current Record |
Forest Lawn Cemetery, center of Mirror Lake
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Display |
December 2003 |
Yes |
Conservation/Preservation History
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Treatment Performed by |
Date Completed |
Previous Object Condition |
New Object Condition |
Previous Base Condition |
New Base Condition |
Current Record |
N/A
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Condition Survey History
|
Good
Surveyed By |
Purpose |
Date Completed |
Object
Condition |
Base Condition |
Current Record |
|
University at Buffalo, School of Architecture and
Planning |
Save Outdoor Sculpture Inventory and Condition Survey |
June
1992 |
Good |
Good |
N/A |
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