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Mitchell, Henry,
Animal -- Horse
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Relief
Fountain
Sculpture
Courtship, (sculpture).
Artist:
Mitchell, Henry, 1915-1980, sculptor.
Title:
Courtship, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Henry M. Phillips Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
Dates:
1958. Cast ca. 1958.
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
Fountain: approx. H. 30 in. Diam. 120 in.
Inscription:
PHILLIPS FOUNTAIN ERECTED WITH FUNDS BEQUEATHED FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE BY HENRY M. PHILLIPS WHO WAS APPOINTED A MEMBER OF THE FAIRMOUNT PARK COMMISSION UPON ITS CREATION IN 1867 AND SERVED AS ITS PRESIDENT FROM 1881 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1884
Description:
An eight-sided bronze relief installed in the center of a large circular fountain basin. The eight reliefs depict horses running and interacting. Water jets out of the center of the eight-sided relief. An inscription appears around the rim of the fountain basin.
Subject:
Animal -- Horse
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Relief
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
Located Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, East Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 304.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 304.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 77002537
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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