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    		• Lipps, Thomas,
     
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    		• Gonzales, George,
     
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    		• Romero, Tomas,
     
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    		• Giannesini, Michel,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Fountainhead Rock, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lipps, Thomas, sculptor.
    Gonzales, George, sculptor.
    Romero, Tomas, sculptor.
    Giannesini, Michel, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Fountainhead Rock, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Fountain Head Rock Place, (sculpture).
    Hamburger Rock, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    June 10, 1988.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Granite, sandstone, river and lava rocks.
    Description: 
    A fountain assembled out of large boulders, the largest with a squared-off flat bottom situated atop a base of other rocks with water flowing over the space where they join. A 20 inch high circular wall assembled out of a variety of stones forms a basin around the main boulders.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe Arts Commission, P. O. Box 909, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
    Located Corner of Water Street and Don Gasper Avenue, parking lot, Santa Fe, New Mexico
    Remarks: 
    Fountain was funded through City's One Percent for Art program. The pocket park was created by stonemasons Thomas Lipps and George Gonzales. IAS files contain photocopy from Santa Fean Magazine, Jan/Feb. 1990, pg. 44-48, which discusses public art programs in Santa Fe. Work is popularly known as Hamburger Rock. Plaque on structure near fountain reads: CITY OF SANTA FE/1% FOR ART IN PUBLIC PLACES/FOUNTAINHEAD/ROCK PLACE/1987-1988/DEDICATED TO WATER, TO ROCK/TO THE ART OF STONECRAFT AND/THE SOURCE OF INSPIRATION/BY THOMAS LIPPS/GEORGE GONZALES, MICHEL GIANNESINI/TOMAS ROMERO AND OTHERS/C.I.P. NO. 2002.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1994.
    City of Santa Fe Arts Commission, 1990
    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 65980002
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