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    		• Bertoia, Harry,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Disaster -- Accident
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Huntington
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    Memorial Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bertoia, Harry, 1915-1978, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Memorial Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Marshall University Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Nov. 12, 1972.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze, copper tubing and welding rods.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 13 ft. x 8 ft. x 7 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. Diam. 5 ft.; Pool: approx. 18 in. x 26 ft. 8 in. x 26 ft. 8 in.
    Description: 
    An abstract fountain atop a circular pedestal. The sculpture flairs outward and upward. Water is ejected vertically from the inner center of the piece. The fountain is placed in a reflecting pool.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Disaster -- Accident -- Plane Accident
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Huntington
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Marshall University, Office of the Vice-President for Administration, 4th Avenue & 16th Street, Huntington, West Virginia 25701
    Located Marshall University, Memorial Center, Elm Street, Huntington, West Virginia 25701
    Remarks: 
    One of four memorials erected on campus, the fountain commemorates those lost in a Nov. 14, 1970 plane crash. 75 died, including the entire Marshall University football team and its coaches. The fountain is erected outside the Marshall University Student Center Plaze, renamed Student Memorial Center.
    IAS files contain related articles from Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, WV), Nov. 13, 1972, pg. 1-2; Huntington Advertiser (Huntington, WV), Nov. 13, 1972, pg. 1-2; Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, WV), Nov. 8, 1978; Parthenon (Marshall University, Huntington, WV), Nov. 10, 1972, pg. 1; and a news release, several newsletters, and a dedication program from Marshall University. The sculpture cost $25,000.
    (On plaque in reflecting pool:) THEY SHALL LIVE ON IN/THE HEARTS OF THEIR/FAMILIES AND FRIENDS/FOREVER, AND THIS/MEMORIAL RECORDS THEIR/LOSS TO THE UNIVERSITY/AND TO THE COMMUNITY
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992.
    Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, WV), Nov. 13, 1972, pg. 1-2.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Huntington Advertiser (Huntington, WV), Nov. 13, 1972, pg. 1.
    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 WV000074
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