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Inn Street Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Dawson, Stu, sculptor. Anderson Notter Associates, architectural firm. Sasaki Associates, landscape architect. Walter Reed Corporation, contractor. J. Farmer & Company, landscape architect. Title:  Inn Street Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1975. Dedicated July 1975. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze, granite and concrete; Base: concrete and granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 45 ft. x 20 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A fountain of bronze tubes and granite blockheads, which forms the centerpiece of a pedestrian mall. The four bronze tubes are of varying heights and each has a fountain nozzle on top. The cylinder tubes are on a low mound of glacial cobbles set in concrete. Thirty-one rough granite bulkhead blocks are arranged around the bronze cylinders. In the center of the cylinders is a spotlight mounted flush with the surface of the mound and in the four corners of the mound drains have been set. The area is surrounded by a border of granite cobble pavers. Benches are placed on three sides. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Allegory -- Place -- Newburyport Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Newburyport Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Newburyport, Mayor's Office, City Hall, Pleasant Street, Box 550, Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950 Located Inn Street Mall, Newburyport, Massachusetts Remarks:  The sculpture is symbolic of the area's maritime importance. The cylinders are representative of wooden pilings. Materials for the sculpture were obtained as salvage from the water front reconstruction. The Inn Street Mall was constructed by the Newburyport Redevelopment Authority and the City of Newburyport. IAS files contain a related brochure from Sasaki Associates describing the downtown revitalization project. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993 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 MA000105   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA000105 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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