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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Gemignani, S.,     Fuse Marinelli,     Figure group -- Female & Child     Animal -- Bird     Animal -- Reptile     Homage -- Allen, Earl Wilson, Mr. & Mrs. (Eleanor Nichols)     Fountain     Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City     Sculpture

Allen Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Gemignani, S., sculptor. Fuse Marinelli, founder. Title:  Allen Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1962. Dedicated July 1962. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze, marble, and concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. 71 x 66 x 79 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Figure of a woman sitting with her proper right knee up. She is up on a marble pedestal looking down at a small boy who has his proper right hand up. The boy stands on the back of a small turtle in a quatrefoil basin. There are three ducks located along the sides of the basin. Subject:  Figure group -- Female & Child -- Nude Animal -- Bird -- Duck Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Homage -- Allen, Earl Wilson, Mr. & Mrs. (Eleanor Nichols) Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Highwoods Property, 310 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111 Located The Plaza, Nichols Road, between Broadway & Central, Kansas City, Missouri 64112 Remarks:  Presented by Suzanne Allen Weber, Molly Allen Kennedy, Clyde Nichols, Jr., and Miller Nichols. The fountain is a memorial to Earl Wilson Allen and his wife Eleanor Nichols Allen, daughter of the late Jesse Clyde Nichols. Nearby marker reads: IN MEMORY OF/ELEANOR NICHOLS ALLEN/AND/EARL WILSON ALLEN/PRESENTED TO THE PLAZA IN 1962/BY THEIR FAMILIES/S. GEMIGNANI SCULPTOR/FLORENCE, ITALY. IAS files contain copies from Piland, Sherry, and Ellen J. Uguccioni, "Fountains of Kansas City: A History and Love Affair," Kansas City: City of Fountains Foundation, 1985, pg. 259-260; and copies of newspaper articles from the Kansas City Star, July 14, 1962; and the Kansas City Star, Wednesday Magazine, July 25, 1962. The book and newspaper articles discuss the acquisition of the fountain and include biographies of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilson Allen, in whose memory the fountain was dedicated. 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. Piland, Sherry, and Ellen J. Uguccioni, "Fountains of Kansas City: A History and Love Affair," Kansas City: City of Fountains Foundation, 1985, pg. 259-260. Kansas City Star, July 14, 1962. Illustration:  Image on file. Piland, Sherry, and Ellen J. Uguccioni, "Fountains of Kansas City: A History and Love Affair," Kansas City: City of Fountains Foundation, 1985, pg. 260. 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 71500249   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71500249 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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