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Benelli, Giuseppe,
Bowen, Jac T.,
Tacca, Pietro,
Fuse Marinelli,
Animal -- Pig
Fountain
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Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
Sculpture
Bronze Boar Fountain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Benelli, Giuseppe, 1819-1861,
sculptor
.
Bowen
, Jac T.,
1917-1980
,
sculptor
.
Tacca, Pietro, 1577-1640,
sculptor
. (copy after)
Fuse Marinelli, founder.
Title:
Bronze Boar Fountain, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Little Pig, (sculpture).
Wild Boar, (sculpture).
Il Porcellino, (sculpture).
Dates:
Modeled 1634. Cast 1957. Dedicated April 28, 1962.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 53 x 64 x 72 in.; Base: approx. 20 x 76 x 88 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A larger than life-size bronze boar sitting on a forest floor, surrounded by turtles, snails, frogs, and bugs. The boar sits on an acrylic panel that contains slots for dropping coins into the basin. The entire sculpture sits on a limestone pedestal.
Subject:
Animal -- Pig
Object Type:
Fountain
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Highwoods Property, 310 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Located The Plaza, 47th Street & Wornall Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64112
Remarks:
The original Wild Boar was reportedly done in marble by a Greek or Roman artist. A plaster mold was made by Renaissance
sculptor
Pietro Tacca. In 1857, Benelli, working in Florence from Tacca's old repaired plaster mold, cast a bronze boar. Several reproductions of the 1857 cast have been made. The Kansas City replica was cast by Ferdinando Marinelli. Jac
Bowen
designed and created the setting. IAS files contain transcription of text on nearby plaque and excerpt from Virginia W. Johnson's "Florence, the Lily of the Arno," Dana Estes & Co., Pub., Boston, 1891.
In 2004, Kansas City Adopt A Monument reported that all sculptures owned by the J. C. Nichols company should be changed to Highwoods Property.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
"Walking Art Tour," Kansas City, MO: Plaza Merchants Association, n.d. (brochure).
Kansas City Adopt A Monument, 2004.
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 71500247
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
71500247
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