Aphrodite Awakening (Birth of Venus) - 1927

Aphrodite Awakening – The Aphrodite Awakening, or Birth of Venus comes from Greek Mythology.  A shell was transported to the Isle of Cyprus by two dolphins, and when the shell opened up, there was Aphrodite, or Venus, fully formed. 

This moment is depicted in the working model by Avard T. Fairbanks in 1927, cast in bronze.  The life-size was carved in marble and placed in the Washburn Gardens in Eugene, Oregon.  The figure is on a shell supported by two dolphins in bronze is available for purchase.
 
The main picture is a life size Aphrodite Awakening, carved in Georgia white marble residing in the Washburn Gardens, Eugene , Oregon.