Persephone | |
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Artist | Armand Toussaint |
Year | ca. 1840 |
Type | Bronze |
Dimensions | 160 cm × 56 cm × 41 cm (63 in × 22 in × 16 in) |
Location | Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
39°50′43″N 86°10′12″W / 39.845301°N 86.169994°W | |
Owner | Butler University |
Persephone is an outdoor sculpture by artist Armand Toussaint created c. 1840. The work sits within the center of a pool in Holcomb Gardens on the grounds of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The sculpture depicts the Greek goddess Persephone. In 1993 the sculpture was examined by the Save Outdoor Sculpture! program produced by the Smithsonian Institution.[1]