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Milles, Carl,
Herman Bergman Fund.,
Animal -- Elephant
Figure male -- Full length
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Medford
Sculpture
Elephant Fountain, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Milles, Carl, 1875-1955, sculptor.
Herman Bergman Fund., founder.
Title:
Elephant Fountain, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Ca. 1948. Cast ca. 1964. Dedicated 1965.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 47 x 24 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. x 16 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 5 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(On top of base:) Carl Milles (On left side of
sculpture
, near base:) HERMAN/BERGMAN/FUN./SWEDEN (On plaque:) THE MILLES FOUNTAIN/Gift of/THE CLASS OF 1915/ON ITS FIFTIETH REUNION/JUNE 1965 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
An elephant with its trunk raised up over its head sends water out the end of its trunk and over a small male figure seated on its head. The male figure has his hands raised and his proper left foot placed against the elephant's trunk. The elephant stands on a rectangular base adorned with acanthus leaves. The
sculpture
rests on a stone block inside an inverted truncated stone pyramid set on a lop-sided truncated stone pyramid. The bottom pyramid rests on a concrete slab surrounded by a stone border.
Subject:
Animal
--
Elephant
Figure male
--
Full length
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Massachusetts
--
Medford
Sculpture
Owner:
Tufts University, Courtyard of Wessell Library,
Medford
,
Massachusetts
02155
Remarks:
IAS image files contain 1997 photographs of the
sculpture
indicating the
sculpture
may have been reinstalled. There is no fountain or elaborate pyramid base visible in the photographs.
References:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Massachusetts
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 87740234
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