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    		• Mythology -- Classical
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Stockbridge
     
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    The Water Trough, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Saint-Gaudens, Louis, 1854-1913, sculptor. (possibly by)
    Title: 
    The Water Trough, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Elm Street Watering Trough, (sculpture).
    Temperance Trough, (sculpture).
    Trough of Temperance, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1881.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 16 x 10 x 3 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 66 x 66 1/2 x 46 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On upper back of base, incised letters:) 1881 (On lower side of base, incised letters:) MERCIFUL/MAN/IS/KIND TO HIS BEAST (On other lower side of base, incised letters:) UTILITY/IS/PREFERABLE/TO/GRANDEUR unsigned
    Description: 
    A fountain with a bronze mask of a fawn or satyr attached to the front. Water spurts from the creature's mouth into the marble trough below. The fountain is placed directly on the asphalt street.
    Subject: 
    Mythology -- Classical -- Faun
    Allegory -- Quality -- Temperance
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Stockbridge
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Stockbridge, Board of Selectmen, P. O. Box 417, Stockbridge, Massachusetts 02162
    Located Intersection of Elm & Main Streets, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The background of the watering trough is not clear. The mask has been attributed to Louis St. Gaudens, although no documentation exists to confirm the attribution. The earliest mention of a water trough at this site appears in the July 24, 1854 minutes of the Laurel Hill Association, which cite an offer from a Mr. Albanola to present the association with such a gift. It was at least thirty years however, before the gift was received. The local community refers to the sculpture as the "trough of temperance." IAS files contain a related excerpt from "Stockbridge Story, 1739-1989," Stockbridge, MA: City of Stockbridge, 1989.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 MA000121
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