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McDonnell, Joseph Anthony,
Figure male -- Child
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Fountain
Sculpture
Boy and the Sea Gull, (sculpture).
Artist:
McDonnell
,
Joseph
Anthony,
1936-
,
sculptor
.
Title:
Boy and the Sea Gull, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Boy with Gulls Fountain, (sculpture).
Boy and the Gull, (sculpture).
Boy with Seagull Fountain, (sculpture).
Dates:
1964. Installed Jan. 1965. Dedicated Nov. 26, 1966.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculptures: bronze; Base: granite; Fountain basin: concrete.
Dimensions:
Boy: approx. 7 x 6 x 2 1/2 ft.; Each fish: approx. 30 x 16 x 6 in.
Description:
Fountain sculpture comprised of five elements - a young nude boy standing with arms outstretched, head turned upward, with a gull perched on his proper right palm. He stands on a granite boulder in fountain pool, facing four bronze fish who are balanced upright on their tails, spouting water towards the boy. Both the fish and the boy have a green bronze coloring.
Subject:
Figure male -- Child
Animal -- Bird -- Gull
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233
Remarks:
The sculpture cost $5,500 and was donated by Mrs. Harriet Mitchell Fladoes in memory of her husband Martin, who died in 1961 at the age of 65. He was the board chairman and former president of Sivyer Steel Casting Co. Nearby plaque reads: IN MEMORY OF/MARTIN ALFRED FLADOES/DONATED BY/HARRIET MITCHELL FLADOES/1964 A.D.
JOSEPH
A.
MCDONNELL
/SCULPTOR.
The sculpture is lit at night. IAS files contain articles from Milwaukee Journal dated Nov. 18, 1964 and Nov. 26, 1964, and from the Milwaukee Sentinel, April 19, 1965. For further reading see: Mayor's Beautification Committee: "Milwaukee's Fountain Program," (Milwaukee, WI), n.d., pg. 19.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee survey, 1993.
Palmer, Virginia, 1991.
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 74020078
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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