Note: This is for listing FL000436. The same statue is in another location in town.
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Located in front of the main museum building, this is one of the more well known Polasek pieces. This listing has little information, therefore, the information from the, nearby, similar statue is included below.
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Inscription: Albin Polasek Roman Bronze signed Founder's mark appears.
Description: A nude woman kneels, draped only to her upper thigh, strumming a harp with both hands. She has long hair that rolls into a curl down her back. The harp has strings of water with a goat's head at the crown.
Remarks: IAS files contain a reproduction from Ruth Sherwood's "Man Carving His Own Destiny - The Story of Albin Polasek," pg. 437.
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Inscription: (On plaque on top of basin edge, raised:) "EMILY"/by/ALBIN POLASEK/1879-1965/PRESENTED TO/THE CITY OF WINTER PARK/IN COMMEMORATION OF THE/25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE/WINTER PARK SIDEWALK ART FESTIVAL/ALBIN POLASEK FOUNDATION-WINTER PARK SIDEWALK ART FESTIVAL/MARCH 11, 1984
Description: A sculpture in a fountain with a nude woman kneeling, draped only to her upper thigh, strumming a harp with both hands. She has long hair that rolls into a curl down her back. The harp has a goat's head at the crown. The sculpture is mounted atop a base in the center of a circular basin of the fountain. There is a plaque on the rim of the basin.
Remarks: Presented by the Albin Polasek Foundation in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival.
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