Duck Girl
by Alice Gipson
Title
Duck Girl
Artist
Alice Gipson
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This beautiful sculpture/fountain stands in the center of the Children's Pool in the center of Rittenhouse Square. The young girl in Greek costume carrying a duck underneath her arm, was exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1914 where it won the Widener Gold Medal. The Fairmount Park association decided to buy the piece from the exhibition; however they discovered that it was made of galvanized base metal and could not withstand the elements. So, the Commission had two casts made by Roman Bronze works in Brooklyn, New York and the purchase was finally effected in 1917.
The sculpture was originally placed in Cloverly Park at Wissahickon and School Lane but was damaged and removed to storage in 1956. The Rittenhouse Square Improvement Association rescued the piece from storage in the 1960's and placed in the Children's Pool. ....
The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much." Annie Leibovitz..That is soo how I feel about my photographs and my photography..I've always loved photos and what they mean to people...they're the essence of the moment..Never to be quite the same again.I started using photos while working in my yellow pages advertising career...taking my customer's photos and pictures of their businesses and then I came up with the idea of using them as 'fill' instead of those inane generic ads....The company that I worked for, Central California Directories, used them for years in the Flagler County Directory and Shopping Guide that was published annually...one of my first was of my niece, Erika , running along the beach in her bathing suit as a little girl....Well, she just turned 22 and she's married now, but she's still that little girl to me...and my photographs just keep evolving!!!! Especially the ways that I can take my photograph and transform it..I hope that you enjoy my works and find something that you love!
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November 14th, 2015
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