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    		• Blasingame, Marguerite Louis,
     
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    		• Blasingame, Frank,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
     
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    (Hawaiian Decagonal Fountain), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Blasingame, Marguerite Louis, 1906-1947, sculptor.
    Blasingame, Frank, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Hawaiian Decagonal Fountain), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1934-1935.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: blue stone; Basin: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. 6 in. x W. 19 ft. x Diam. 60 ft.; Basin: approx. H. 19 in. x Diam. 76 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On panel, lower right:) Blasingame (On plaque on front:) DEDICATED TO/THE BUILDERS/OF/KAWANANAKOA/EXPERIMENTAL/SCHOOL/"WHAT THE BEST AND/WISEST PARENT WANTS/FOR HIS OWN CHILD/THAT MUST THE COMMU-/NITY WANT FOR ITS OWN/CHILDREN. ANY OTHER/IDEAL FOR OUR SCHOOLS/IS NARROW AND UNLOVELY."/JOHN DEWEY/ERECTED BY F.E.R.A./WORKERS WITH THE/AID OF THE SCHOOL/P.T.A. AND THE CITY &/COUNTY OF HONOLULU/1934-1935 signed
    Description: 
    Ten-sided cylindrical fountain set in three tiers. At top is a five-sectioned dome with a small pipe emitting from its center. Below the dome is a tier of ten panels, five of which have carvings over the surfaces of Hawaiian life, including scenes of food preparation, agriculture and religion. The remaining five panels are plain stone blocks stacked three per panel. The bottom and largest tier is filled in with concrete, giving it a slightly sloped surface.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Allegory -- Place -- Hawaii
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture
    Allegory -- Religion
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Kawananakoa School, 49 Funchal Street, Near auditorium and playfield, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
    Remarks: 
    Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
    Built by workers of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration in cooperation with the School's Parent-Teacher Association and the City and County of Honolulu. Sculpture is no longer a working fountain. A tier which once served as a retaining pool has been removed and the area has been paved over with concrete. IAS files include diagrams of the fountain and a related article from "Paradise of the Pacific," Aug. 1936 which has a photograph of the original fountain.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1993.
    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 HI000039
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