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    		• Greber, Henri Leon,
     
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    		• Lowell, Guy,
     
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    		• Simon, Herman Frederick,
     
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    		• Tanner, Edward,
     
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    		• Bearzi, Bruno,
     
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    		• Unknown (France),
     
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    		• Tanner and Associates,
     
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    		• Miller-Stauch Construction Company,
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Animal -- Dolphin
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    J. C. Nichols Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Greber, Henri Leon, b. 1855, sculptor.
    Lowell, Guy, 1870-1927, landscape architect.
    Simon, Herman Frederick, sculptor.
    Tanner, Edward, architect.
    Bearzi, Bruno, founder.
    Unknown (France), founder.
    Tanner and Associates, architectural firm.
    Miller-Stauch Construction Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    J. C. Nichols Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Figures: 1910. Fountain: dedicated May 15, 1960.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figures: bronze; Basin: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Equestrian figures: each approx. H. 10 ft.; Basin: approx. Diam. 80 ft. (6 tons).
    Description: 
    Four heroic-sized bronze equestrian figures, possibly allegories of rivers. A mounted Indian might represent the Mississippi River, other figures are thought to represent the Volga, the Rhine and the Seine. Spaced equally between the equestrian figures are four smaller bronze aquatic figures of children playing with dolphins. All of the figures are set in a pool.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Equestrian
    Animal -- Dolphin
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Allegory -- Place -- Rivers
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Highwoods Property, 310 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111
    Located The Plaza, 47th Street, between Main Street & J.C. Nichols Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri
    Provenance: 
    Acquired 1952.
    Formerly in the collection of Mackay, Clarence H., Roslyn, New York
    Remarks: 
    (On plaque:) THE/JESSE CLYDE NICHOLS/1880 MEMORIAL 1950/J. C. NICHOLS WAS ONE OF THOSE RARE INDIVIDUALS, A DREAMER/WITH A CAPACITY FOR MAKING HIS DREAMS COME TRUE. HE DREAMED/MORE OVER IN TERMS OF GREAT PRACTICAL BENEFIT TO HIS CITY,/FEW MEN CAN HAVE SO VARIOUSLY AND PROFOUNDLY INFLUENCED/THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY AMERICAN COMMUNITY./DONATED TO THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS CITY/BY HIS MANY FRIENDS AND ACCEPTED BY/THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS, 1958/HENRI L. GREBER/SCULPTOR
    Henri Greber sculpted the figures in 1910 in France, where they were cast by an unknown founder. Guy Lowell was the landscape architect for the estate owned by Clarence H. Mackay in Roslyn, New York, where the figures were originally located. Herman Frederick Simon sculpted eleven replacement parts in 1952 and had them cast by Bruno Bearzi, founder, in Italy. Edward Tanner of the architectural firm of Tanner and Associates was the architect for the Kansas City site of the fountain. Miller-Stauch Construction Company was the contractor for the basin. The fountain's figures and basin appear in the same configuration as they did when they were located on the grounds of the estate of Clarence H. Mackay. Construction of the fountain in Kansas City was funded by private contributions, the J. C. Nichols Company, and the family of J. C. Nichols. The Kansas City park department donated the land and funded the preparation of the site, including landscaping.
    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. 160-167, which details the history of the fountain in its original location in New York and its current location in Kansas City, and discusses the interpretation of the figures as an allegory of the four major rivers of the world. IAS files also include copies of public relations material about the fountain from the J. C. Nichols Company.
    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.
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 43.
    Piland, Sherry, and Ellen J. Uguccioni, "Fountains of Kansas City: A History and Love Affair," Kansas City: City of Fountains Foundation, 1985, pg. 160-167.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Kansas City Adopt A Monument, 2004.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 43.
    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 76000890
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