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Fountain of Time, (sculpture). Artist:  Taft, Lorado Zadoc, 1860-1936, sculptor. Shaw, Howard Van Doren, 1869-1926, architect. Joseph Early Studio, fabricator. Title:  Fountain of Time, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1913. Dedicated Nov. 15, 1922. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: hollow-cast concrete reinforced with steel bars, Potomac River gravel; Base and reflecting pool: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 28 x 120 x 60 ft. including base; Father Time: approx. H. 25 ft. Description:  The lone sentinel of Time stands across a pool of water from an enormous wave of humanity peopled with 100 figures including a central soldier on horseback surrounded by soldiers with banners, by refugees, camp-followers, lovers, youths, the aged, and even the sculptor and his assistants. The themes they represent include birth, the struggle for existence, love, family life, religion, poetry, and war. Subject:  Figure group Equestrian Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Allegory -- Civic -- War Allegory -- Civic -- Military Allegory -- Time Allegory -- Life -- Birth Allegory -- Life -- Old Age Allegory -- Religion Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Poetry Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Coadministered by Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60603-6110 Located Washington Park, Facing the Midway Plaisance west of Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Granite square with incised inscriptions was added at a later date for identification of sculptor and theme. IAS files contain inscription text. Coadministered by Chicago Art Institute with B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund. Commissioned by the B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund, and the Chicago Park District. Cost $250,000. Monument commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of peace between England and the United States with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in 1814. Sculptor, Joseph Early's studio was selected to produce the monument using his newly developed technique of the steel-reinforced hollow cast concrete. The piece was cast on site and took less than a year to complete which was considerably less time than it might have taken using traditional stone carvers. Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Photographic Archives contain black and white photographs of the monument, models, and mold making and construction. Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Preservation Files contain miscellaneous news articles, correspondence, and conservation treatment reports with photographic documentation. University of Illinois Archives and Library contain miscellaneous articles, photographs, and correspondence of Taft and Early. IAS files contain additional citations for related magazine articles. Conservation:  Treated 2001 May-October. Conservation of Sculpture & Objects Studio, Inc. (Forest Park, IL). Treatment report on file with conservator. References:  Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 252-254. Riedy, James L. "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 48-50. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0073, 1989. Monumental News, March 1913; April 1914; March 1918. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1999. SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2003. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 253. Related Works:  For model see: 11960024. For study see: 11960051. For study see: 11960054. 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 IL000012   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IL000012 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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