 Ives' statue of "Undine Rising from the Waters" (1884) remains one of the icons of the American neo-classical movement, being selected to grace the front covers of at least three books about sculpture, "American Sculpture at Yale University", "Marble Queens and Captives" and "A Marble Quarry", where the back of the statue also serves as the book's back cover .Ives was to revisit the subject of Undine in another work, "Undine Rising from the Fountain".Ives' reputation did not survive much longer than his life.