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Penguin Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. MacKensie, James C., architect. Title:  Penguin Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1935. Medium:  Fountain: concrete. Dimensions:  Fountain: approx. H. 15 ft. W. 12 ft. Diam. 12 ft.; Basin: approx. H. 6 in. W. 50 ft. D. 3 ft. Diam. 50 ft. Inscription:  (Basin:)In Memory of/John Van Rensselaer Hoff/Colonel Medical Corps U.S. Army Description:  Four-tiered circular fountain with two sets of wide stairs adorned with urns on either side. Within the concrete fountain basin is a smaller circular base adorned with four penguins. The penguins stand on low square bases and water pours out from their bills. The base of each penguin is decorated with a relief image of a cobra. In the center of the circular base adorned with the penguins is a large urn with a smaller urn just above it. Water flows from the small top urn into the larger urn and then into the circular penguin basin. Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Penguin Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Sculpture Owner:  United States Department of the Army, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6825 16th Street, N.W., Building 1, Washington, District of Columbia 20307 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 430. Illustration:  Image on file. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 431, L-17. 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 DC000062   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture DC000062 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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