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Photographer: Denise Boose
Taken: July 11, 2012
Caption: Athena~Photograph and info from the Parthenon Museum
Additional Description: Enid Yandell's 25-foot-tall sculpture (40 feet including the base) of the goddess Athena stood in front of the east end of the Parthenon. At the time, this enormous statue was the largest ever created by a woman. The sculpture is an exact replica, on much larger scale, of the Athena of Velletri in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Yandell sculpted it in her Paris studio in three part, then had it shipped to the United States. Before it left, Yandell hosted a bon voyage party for the statue, treating her guest to a candle-lit feast inside Athena's torso. It was a popular symbol of the Centennial Exposition, and images of it graced souvenirs and promotional materials. It is unknown what happened to the statue after the Centennial Exposition. It was made of plaster staff, much like the buildings, and would not have been able to withstand extended expose to the weather.
Submitted: July 20, 2012, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p212609
File Size: 0.045 Megabytes

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