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Dog - Bird Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Ball, Ruth Norton, 1879-1960, sculptor. Title:  Dog - Bird Fountain, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Bird Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1933. Dedicated 1934. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete or porous stone, painted. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 36 in. x Diam. 25 in. Inscription:  (On front central support column of fountain, incised letters:) TO/OUR/FELLOW/CITIZENS/THE DOGS/AND/THE BIRDS/1933 unsigned Description:  A fountain with three shallow basins surrounding its base and a larger basin at its top. Flanking the fountain's support column are attenuated dogs standing on their hind feet. Subject:  Abstract Animal -- Dog Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Coronado Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Coronado, Parks and Recreation, 1825 Strand Way, Coronado, California 92118 Located Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Avenue, Near West exterior wall, Coronado, California Remarks:  The sculpture was a gift from a group of Coronado women. The fountain was originally located at the southeast corner of Library Park at Orange and 7th Streets. It was painted sometime after its initial installation. IAS files contain related articles from the Coronado Journal, May 25, 1933; Jan. 11, 1934; and an undated article from the San Diego Evening Tribune. A sketch model was exhibited at the Fifth Annual Exhibition by Members of the Art Guild of Fine Arts Society of San Diego, in the Fine Arts Gallery Balboa Park, San Diego, November 17, 1930 to January 2, 1931. For additional reading see: the San Diego Union, Dec. 8, 1935. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Diego 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 CA000968   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000968 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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