Heritage Park Fountain, (sculpture).

Heritage Park Fountain, (sculpture).

Schneider, Arthur, sculptor.

Heritage Park Fountain, (sculpture).

Dedicated July 14, 1964.

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Sculpture: approx. 45 x 71 x 58 in.; Basin: approx. H. 16 in. x Diam. 48 in.

(On plaque:) HERITAGE PARK SCULPTURE COMMITTEE/OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN/AMELIA JUDD DRAPER/MRS. THOMAS HARVEY/MRS. RANDAL BRAUN/MRS. JOHN LEARMAN/MRS. JACK SHUTT/MRS. JOHN SACK/MR. PAUL C. SOUDER/(Names of donors follow)/SCULPTOR ARTHUR SCHNEIDER JULY 1964 unsigned

Three nude children at play are installed in an oblong pool. All the figures stand on a round, four-legged base. A boy and a girl hold hands and play a ring-around-the-rosy type game. The third child is seated in a V-shape, with both legs in the air as he balances on both hands behind him.

Recreation -- Sport & Play

Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Saginaw

Administered by City of Saginaw, Department of Parks, 1435 South Washington, Saginaw, Michigan 48601

Located Heritage Park, Saginaw, Michigan

The sculpture was commissioned for $3,500. It symbolizes the children of the tri-city area. IAS files contain a related article from the Saginaw News, July 15, 1964.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.

Saginaw News, July 15, 1964, Sect. B, pg. 1.

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