Click here to loginLoginView my BookbagMy List - 0HelpHelp
 Search 
 Search Images 
 About 
   
KeywordBrowseCombinedHighlightsSearch HistoryAll Catalogs
Search:    Refine Search  Return to results
> You are only searching: Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
 
 Who else has...
 
  •  
    		• Kleinsteuber, Herman,
     
  •  
    		• Ritzert, Ben P.,
     
  •  
    		• Seale, Mary Ellen,
     
  •  
    		• Cut Art & Stone Company,
     
  •  
    		• Braun Construction Company,
     
  •  
    		• Animal -- Amphibian
     
  •  
    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Savannah
     
  •  
    		• Fountain
     
  •  
    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The German Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kleinsteuber, Herman, sculptor.
    Ritzert, Ben P., architect.
    Seale, Mary Ellen, landscape architect.
    Cut Art & Stone Company, fabricator.
    Braun Construction Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    The German Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Groundbreaking Oct. 6 1988. Dedicated Oct. 6 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Basin: cast iron; Pedestal: cast stone, granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. H. 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A circular fountain consisting of a cast-iron basin, a cast-stone pedestal and reflecting pool, surrounded by four benches. The basin is decorated with leaves and frogs and sits atop the pedestal. The pedestal is finished in granite and sits in the middle of a circular reflecting pool. Water fountains out of the cast-iron basin.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Savannah
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Savannah, Park & Tree Department, P.O. Box 1027, Savannah, Georgia 31401
    Located Orleans Square, Savannah, Georgia
    Remarks: 
    Nearby plaque: "GERMAN MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN. This fountain commemorates the religious, social, agricultural, economic and political contributions of early German immigrants to the establishment and growth of the colony of Georgia. Erected and dedicated in 1989 by their descendants. Members of German Heritage Society, German Friendly Society, German Salzberger Society." The fountain cost $45,000, much of which was covered by donations of services and materials. The basin was donated by Sidney Raskin. IAS files contain excerpt from Dorothy H. Stewart's "The Monuments and Fountains of Savannah: a Report for the Savannah Park & Tree Department," 1993.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia 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 GA000404
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    Smithsonian AmericanArt MuseumControl Number 
    Inventory of American SculptureGA000404Add Copy to MyList

    Format:HTMLPlain textDelimited
    Subject: 
    Email to:


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
     Powered by SirsiDynix
    About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact
    SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System