Syrinx (Wolter)
{{short description|Artwork by German-born American sculptor Adolph Wolter}}
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| image_file = Syrinx by Adolph Wolter (1973) - panoramio - WSaves PublicArt.jpg
| image_size = 200 px
| title = Syrinx
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| artist = Adolph Wolter
| year = {{Start date|1973}}
| type = Bronze
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| height_imperial = 27
| width_imperial = 16
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| city = Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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| coordinates = {{coord|39|46|19|N|86|9|24|W|region:US}}
| owner = City of Indianapolis
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Syrinx is a 1973 public artwork by German-born American sculptor Adolph Wolter located at the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.{{cite web | author=Save Outdoor Sculpture | year=1993 | title=Syrinx (sculpture). | work=SOS | publisher=Smithsonian | url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!314194~!0#focus | accessdate= 6 January 2010}}
Description
It is a bronze figure of Syrinx sitting on a limestone tree stump. Syrinx is nude, and her proper right knee is bent upwards to her chest with her other leg hanging over the side of the stump. She holds her hand to her ear, cupping it, "listening" to the music of the nearby sculpture of the satyr Pan, who plays a flute.
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In 1923 Myra Reynolds Richards created Syrinx and Pan for installation at University Park at the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza. Eventually, both pieces were stolen, with Syrinx disappearing in 1959 and Pan being stolen in 1970.{{cite web | title=Syrinx | work=Attractions | publisher=Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association | url=http://visitindy.com/indianapolis-attractions-syrinx | accessdate=6 January 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318110233/http://visitindy.com/indianapolis-attractions-syrinx | archivedate=18 March 2011 }}{{cite book|author=Adeilson Nogueira|title=O Rito De Pan|date=31 May 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DR96DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA9|publisher=Clube de Autores (managed)|language=Spanish|page=9|id=PKEY:CLDEAU37212}} The parks department commissioned Adolph Wolter to replace the pieces, and in 1973 they were reinstalled in their current location in University Park at the Plaza.{{cite web |last1=Nicholson |first1=Dorothy |title=Adolph Gustav Wolter Collection, CA. 1900-1981 |url=https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/adolph-gustav-wolter-collection.pdf |website=Indiana Historical Society |accessdate=5 January 2020}}
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External links
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- [http://www.in.gov/iwm/2357.htm Indiana War Memorial Commission Picture Tour].
- [https://archive.today/20130123205243/http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsavespublicart/4433731789 Syrinx on Flickr].
Category:Outdoor sculptures in Indianapolis
Category:Bronze sculptures in Indiana
Category:Statues in Indianapolis