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Reproductions of Fearless Girl now available

Cape Region artist Kristen Visbal’s creation took world by storm last year
April 2, 2018

A little more than a year after her Fearless Girl garnered worldwide attention, the Cape Region’s Kristen Visbal is now selling smaller reproductions.

In a call to include women in Wall Street’s male-dominated community, Visbal was commissioned by State Street Global Advisors to create the work for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2017.

A year ago, Visbal said the work features a daring and confident young girl – a girl who says soft and sensitive equals strong and capable, she said.

“All women should relate to this work,” she wrote. “It should inspire the young to dream as if anything were possible and simultaneously encourage today’s working woman to hold her ground, no matter what challenges may come barrelling down the pike.”

The reproduction statue, standing a little over 22 inches tall, has a limited edition of 1,000 and costs $6,500. The statue will be cast in bronze using the lost wax casting method and finished in the same manner as the original work, with an emphasis placed on the original’s underlying butterscotch tones.

According to the website where the statue can be purchased, 20 percent of the proceeds will be set aside as a donation. In a press release March 20, Visbal said she wishes to use the proceeds to develop a nonprofit educational program, fostering mutual gender respect and an understanding of gender differences in young people. She said the program would emphasize the importance of both genders and cultural diversity in developing better decisions.

Visbal said she understands these reproductions may not be accessible to everyone, but it was important to produce the work in the same bronze material as the original. The press release said future plans include other, more accessible reproductions of the work.

A deposit of 60 percent, or $3,900, reserves a casting. Each casting will be mounted on absolute black granite with a quarter-inch grooved edge. The edition number is assigned at the time the order is placed in order to be fair.

Statues will be cast on order, and there is up to a four-month production time. The statue will be packaged in a black presentation box, complete with a Certificate Of Authenticity signed by Visbal.

For more information, or to purchase a statue, go to fearlessgirl.us/reproductions or call 302-396-8895.

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