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Youth, (sculpture). Artist:  Pollia, Joseph P., 1893-1954, sculptor. Title:  Youth, (sculpture). Other Titles:  James Lane Allen Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1933. Dedicated Oct. 15, 1933. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: sandstone. Description:  Fountain with two nude children. A nude female youth sits atop rocks in center of fountain. Her arms are raised to her head, with hair flowing back. The nude male youth stands to her proper left, with his proper left knee resting on rock. He holds a sailboat in his upraised hands. Subject:  Children Object -- Toy -- Boat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Lexington Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Lee Urban County Government, Parks & Recreation Department, 545 North Upper Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508 Located Gratz Park, Lexington, Kentucky Remarks:  The $6,000 sculpture was funded through a bequest of James Lane Allen, who was born in Lexington in 1849 and became one of Kentucky's most famous and prolific writers of novels and short stories. Nearby plaque reads: A Fountain/Dedicated to Youth/JAMES LANE ALLEN/1849-1925/THIS GIFT TO THE CHILDREN/OF LEXINGTON IS THE GENEROUS/BEQUEST OF JAMES LANE ALLEN/, DISTINGUISHED KENTUCKY AUTHOR/ERECTED in AD 1933. The female figure was toppled off her pedestal by vandals in 1969 and the sculpture was again vandalized in 1983. Local sculptor Jack Gron was hired to perform repairs. A spot patch and spot coating were used on female's proper left buttock. IAS files contain related newsclipping from Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY), Oct. 28, 1983, pg. B-1. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky 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 KY000201   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KY000201 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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