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Gabrielli, Donatello,
Fuse Marinelli,
McArthur, Jarchow & Associates,
Mythology -- Classical
Figure female -- Nude
Object -- Fruit
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
Sculpture
The Pomona Fountain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Gabrielli, Donatello, sculptor.
Fuse
Marinelli
,
founder
.
McArthur, Jarchow & Associates, architectural firm.
Title:
The Pomona Fountain, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Pomona, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed Nov. 1969.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Pedestal: marble; Basin: red stone.
Dimensions:
Figure: Life-size.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Standing figure of a nude female partially draped from the waist down. She holds the cloth which drapes her in her proper left hand. She also holds a cluster of grapes in each of her hands. Her head is turned to her proper left. The pedestal on which she stands is placed in the center of a quatrefoil reflecting basin.
Subject:
Mythology -- Classical -- Pomona
Figure female -- Nude
Object -- Fruit -- Grape
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Highwoods Property, 310 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Located The Plaza, Broadway & Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64112
Remarks:
(On plaque in floor of courtyard in front of fountain:) POMONA/GODDESS OF VINEYARDS AND ORCHARDS/BY/DONATELLO GABBRIELLI/1884-1955/THIS NOTED ITALIAN SCULPTOR INTENDED THE/STATUE TO REPRESENT THE SUSTENANCE AND/RICHNESS THAT COMES FROM THE EARTH. FROM/THIS ORIGINAL MODEL ONLY TWO FIGURES HAVE/EVER BEEN MADE -- THIS BRONZE CASTING AND/A MARBLE CARVING THAT STANDS IN THE KING'S/PALACE, BANGKOK, THAILAND. 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. 253, 255-256, which discusses the fountain as focal point of the courtyard in which it is located. The courtyard was designed by McArthur, Jarchow & Associates. The fountain was imported from Italy.
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).
Piland, Sherry, and Ellen J. Uguccioni, "Fountains of Kansas City: A History and Love Affair," Kansas City: City of Fountains Foundation, 1985, pg. 253, 255-256.
Kansas City Adopt A Monument, 2004.
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. 255.
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 71500252
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