Hyams Fountain, (sculpture).

Hyams Fountain, (sculpture).

Konti, Isidore, 1862-1938, sculptor.

Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Works, fabricator.

Hyams Fountain, (sculpture).

1920-1921. Pool: 1935-1936. Redesigned 1963.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete or stone.

R. Konti Roman Bronze Works -N-Y- (Inscribed on platform base:) GIVEN TO THE LITTLE CHILDREN/OF NEW ORLEANS/BY/SARA LAVINIA HYAMS/MCMXIV (On back of platform base:) BY BEQUEST OF MRS CHAPMAN H HYAMS LEFT HER JEWELS/TO AUDUBON AND CITY PARKS THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH/WERE TO BUILD A TESTIMONIAL OF HER LOVE FOR HER HOME CITY/THIS FOUNTAIN WAS ERECTED MARCH 1921/IN A FAITHFUL ENDEAVOR TO REALIZE HER WISHES/SHE LOVED THE BEAUTIFUL AND GAVE THAT ALL MIGHT ENJOY signed Founder's mark appears.

A fountain comprised of a wading pool and four groups of figures. At one end, above a stepped platform, a mother is seated, holding a young child in her lap. On the platform to her proper right is a small girl who has garland draped over her shoulders. The girl's proper left hand draws the end of the garland out of the water. To the mother's proper left, a young boy is seated on the platform. He holds a small dog in his proper left arm, as his proper right arm reaches out to touch the water below. At the other end of the pool, an older boy rests against a tree stump with a salamander crawling on it, and dips his proper right foot into the pool.

Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child

Animal -- Amphibian -- Salamander

Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans

Administred by City Park Improvement Association, 1 Palm Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124

Located City Park, At entrance to Carousel Gardens, New Orleans, Louisiana

In 1921, Weiblen Marble & Granite Works completed the fountain; the wading pool was possibly built in 1935-36 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project; and in 1963, the piece was "converted into mist fountain in memory of Frank J. Lauer."

For additional reading, see Sally K. Evans Reeves & William D. Reeves text "Historic City Park New Orleans," 1982.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993.

Cocke, Edward J., "Monumental New Orleans," New Orleans: La Fayette Pub., 1968.

Cocke, Edward J., "Monumental New Orleans," New Orleans: La Fayette Pub., 1968, pg. 28.

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