''Diana'' is a
public art
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work designed by
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artist
Dick Wiken
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and carved by
Adoph Roegner, formerly located in downtown
Milwaukee
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,
Wisconsin
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.
The carved limestone depicts the Roman goddess
Diana
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seated and surrounded by fish, cattails and a unicorn.
[Buck, Diane M. and Virginia A. Palmer (1995). Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee: A Cultural and Historical Guidebook. The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison.] It was located on the facade of the
Milwaukee Athletic Club
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History
Eight young men founded the Milwaukee Athletic Club on September 18, 1882, for the express purpose of "developing of the b ...
but has since been removed and sold to a private collector.
References
Outdoor sculptures in Milwaukee
1954 sculptures
Limestone sculptures in Wisconsin
1954 establishments in Wisconsin
Sculptures of Artemis
Sculptures of fish in the United States
Animal sculptures in Wisconsin
Sculptures of unicorns
Sculptures of plants
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