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Figure group -- Male
Animal -- Fish
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Columbus
Fountain
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Sculpture
(Two Boys and a Fish), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Two Boys and a Fish), (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed ca. 1910.
Medium:
Fountain: marble; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Fountain: approx. 39 x 32 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 18 x 38 x 32 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A fountain with two nude boys and a fish. The boys appear to be playing on a rock, with heads down and feet in the air. Boy on the proper left holds fish mouth open where water spews out. The other boy holds the lower lip of the fish's mouth open. Tail of fish extends into air and is wrapped around extended broken-off leg of proper left boy. The fountain is mounted upon a square base, and forms a source of water for a series of six descending waterfalls.
Subject:
Figure group -- Male -- Nude
Animal -- Fish
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Columbus
Fountain
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Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Irwin Management Company, 301 Washington, Columbus, Indiana 47201
Located Irwin Gardens, 608 5th Street, East side of garden, below center arch of Irwin Garden House, Columbus, Indiana
Remarks:
The fountain was copied from one in the Vatican Gardens in Rome. The head of the boy on the proper left was replaced after the original was broken off.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
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 IN000513
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IN000513
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