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    		• Bertoia, Harry,
     
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    		• Landscape -- Plant
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bertoia, Harry, 1915-1978, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Originally installed 1959. Relocated 2017.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze, welded; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 15 ft. x W. 5 ft. 6 in.
    Description: 
    A fountain resembles a plant with tendrils and leafy twigs. Water flows out of the leaves to the ground. Fountain is centered in a circle of flat bricks.
    Subject: 
    Landscape -- Plant
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Tulsa City-County Library System, 400 Civic Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
    Located Tulsa Central Library, 400 Civic Center, West Fifth Street & South Denver Avenue West, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of First National Auto Bank, 620 South Cincinnati Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 1959.
    Formerly in the collection of Liberty Bank and Trust Company, PR/Marketing, 15 East 5th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 ca. 1992.
    Formerly located First Place Plaza, Lower level, 4th Street & Main Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma until 2017.
    Remarks: 
    In 1959 the sculpture was installed at the entrance to the First National Auto Bank at 620 South Cincinnati Avenue in Tulsa. The bank merged several times and changed its name to Liberty Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa in 1992. The sculpture was located near the drive-in bank, but was later relocated to First Place Plaza. Over time the fountain and sculpture fell into disrepair, and in December 2016 it was announced that a parking structure would be built at First Place Plaza. In April 2017, the developer Stuart Price of Price Family Projects, announced he would donate the sculpture to the Tulsa City-County Library System. The library planned to restore the sculpture and install it at the renovated Central Library branch at West Fifth Street & South Denver Avenue West in downtown Tulsa. IAS files contain newspaper article from the Tulsa World, April 19, 2017, discussing the relocation of the donation and relocation of the sculpture to the Tulsa Central Library.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.
    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 OK000086
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