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    		• Asawa, Ruth,
     
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    		• Lee, Mae,
     
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    		• Mei, Mei,
     
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    		• Woodbridge, Sally,
     
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    		• Asawa, Aiko,
     
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    		• Asawa, Haru,
     
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    		• Villanueva, Hector,
     
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    		• Lanier, Albert,
     
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    		• Cityscape -- California
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Asawa, Ruth, 1926-2013, sculptor.
    Lee, Mae, assistant.
    Mei, Mei, assistant.
    Woodbridge, Sally, assistant.
    Asawa, Aiko, assistant.
    Asawa, Haru, assistant.
    Villanueva, Hector, assistant.
    Lanier, Albert, architect.
    Title: 
    Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    San Francisco Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1969-1970.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: brick.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 90 in. x Diam. 193 in.
    Inscription: 
    (From west counterclockwise:) Fleishacker pool/Rhinestone/OPEN/HOTDOG/CLIFFHOUSE/COKE/IT'S IT/DETOUR/OMNIBUS/SCHOOL BUS/S.P.C.A./WELCOME GREAT PUMPKIN/SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME STATE HISTORICAL PARK/CAROL/(in heart:)EVERY/ONE & RUTH/MONTGOMERY FILBERT/FILBERT SANSOME/MOTHER OF 8/ENRICO'S/YELLOW CAB/PARK/SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CHICKEN/STOP/FRENCH LAUNDRY/LO MIN/BALCLUTHA/SAVE SEA WALL/PRESIDENT/PIER 1/YMCA/PIER 2/U.S. MAIL/DEWEY/H.H. YOU ARE HERE/SEAL OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO/MADE IN JAPAN/SOKO/JEFFERSON AIRPLANE/MEAT SHOP/EQUALITY/CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS/POWELL/SOUTHERN PACIFIC/SEIJI (OZAWA)/S. F. ART FOUNDRY/SID'S RADIATOR/BUTCHER TOWN/("look" upside down and backward)/MUNI/CHEMICAL ENGINE 44/EP BUS JM IN GOD TRU/LOVE/JESUS SAVES/JEWISH DIABETIC FOR PEACE/PULL OUT DICK/GIVE PEACE A CHANCE/SAVE OUR BAY/FRANCIS SCOTT KEY/HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY signed
    Description: 
    Cylindrical bronze sculpture which is the outer wall of a fountain basin. The sculpture features bas-relief scenes of San Francisco whimsically interrelated. The sculpture and fountain basin are set into a series of brick stairs.
    Subject: 
    Cityscape -- California -- San Francisco
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
    Relief
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Hyatt Hotel, 345 Stockton Street, San Francisco, California 94108
    Remarks: 
    The fountain basin is used as a planter. For additional information see Sally Byrne Woodbridge's "Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain", San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art (?), 1973.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1992.
    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 CA001710
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