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Kohlhepp, Norman,
Portrait female -- Kohlhepp, Frances Howard
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Jeffersonville
Fountain
Sculpture
Rebecca, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kohlhepp, Norman, 1892-1986, sculptor.
Title:
Rebecca, (sculpture).
Dates:
Fountain: late 1800s. Rebbeca: 1974. Rededicated June 14, 1975.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Fountain: painted cast iron; Rebbecca: bronze; Base and basin: painted concrete.
Dimensions:
Fountain sculpture: approx. 4 ft. x 12 in. x 11 in; Base of sculpture: approx. H. 2 ft. x Diam. 31 in.; Fountain: approx. H. 8 ft. x Diam. 4 ft. 4 in.; Basin: approx. Diam. 20 ft.
Inscription:
(Proper left back, just above drape:) KOHLHEPP 74 signed
Description:
Cast iron fountain topped with bronze sculpture of a semi-nude female (Rebecca) draped below the hips, crouched, kneeling on her proper left knee. Her proper right hand is under her chin, and her upraised proper left hand holds a pole supporting a top basin. The figure has a short, circular base and rests on a bracketed pedestal with flared basin, painted white, centered on a circular base. Fountain is set within a circular basin, painted white.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Kohlhepp, Frances Howard -- Full length
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Jeffersonville
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Clark County Historical Society, Howard Steamboat Museum, 1101 East Market Street, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47120
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Howard, Edmund, 1101 East Market Street, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Remarks:
The fountain itself dates from at least the late 1800s, when the Howard Steamboat Museum was a Victorian mansion owned by shipbuilder Edmund Howard. When the fountain underwent restoration in the mid-1970s, the figure of Rebecca was added as a replacement for an original "Lady in the fountain" removed during World War II and lost. The original figure had an upraised proper right arm; but the replacement figure was modeled after the artist's wife Frances, who was left handed, and so the replacement figure has an upraised proper left arm.
The new "Lady" was a gift of the three Howard sisters: Frances Howard Kohlhepp, Laura Jean Howard, and Esther Ailsa Howard Kraus. The replacement Lady was named "Rebecca" after the many Rebeccas in the Howard family. The Terrace Garden Club of Jeffersonville oversaw the restoration of the fountain, which was rededicated in 1975.
For further reading see Frances Howard's "Scene from Memory," Howard Steamboat Museum. IAS files contain a newspaper article from the Courier-Journal & Times (Louisville, KY), June 15, 1975.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Courier-Journal & Times (Louisville, KY), June 15, 1975.
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 IN000655
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