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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Warner, Olin Levi,     Wells, John M.,     Bamford, George,     Bureau Brothers,     Figure group -- Female     Dress -- Historic     Animal -- Lion     Fountain     Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Portland     Sculpture

Skidmore Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Warner, Olin Levi, 1844-1896, sculptor. Wells, John M., architect. Bamford, George, contractor. Bureau Brothers, founder. Title:  Skidmore Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1885-1888. Dedicated 1888. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Lower basin: granite, with pink Franklin granite lion's head spouts. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 140 in. x Diam. 8 ft.; Lower basin: approx. H. 37 in. x Diam. 20 ft. Inscription:  Bureau Bros., Philadelphia (On lower basin south side:) .STEPHEN.G.SKIDMORE.A.CITIZEN.OF.PORT./ .LAND.WHO.DIED.JANUARY (sic).XVIII.A.D./ MDCCCLXXXIII.GAVE.THIS.FOUNTAIN.TO./ .BEAUTIFY.AND.BLESS.HIS.ADOPTED.HOME. (On lower basin east side:) .MDCCCLXXXVIII. (On lower basin north side:) ERECTED.A.D. MDCCCLXXXVIII./ COMMITTEE.FOR.THE.CITY.OF.PORTLAND..JOHN/ GATES.MAYOR..THOMAS.L.ELIOT..HENRY.FAILING..WIL/ LIAM.WAKHAMS..C.E.S.WOOD..CHARLES.E.SITTON/ ..OLIN.L.WARNER.SCULPTOR..J.M.WELLS.ARCHITECT.. (On lower basin west side:) .GOOD.CITIZENS.ARE.THE./ .RICHES.OF.A.CITY. unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  Two standing female caryatids holding up a large basin. They are placed in the center of an octagonal lower basin with lions heads on four sides. The lions then shoot water into four rectangular basins below them. Subject:  Figure group -- Female Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Animal -- Lion Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Portland Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Portland, Metropolitan Arts Commission, 1120 S.W. 5th Avenue, Suite 1023, Portland, Oregon 97204 Located Skidmore Fountain Plaza, S.W. First Avenue & S.W. Ankeny Street, Portland, Oregon Remarks:  Gift of Stephen Skidmore. For related information see Eugene E. Snyder's "Skidmore's Portland: His Fountain and its Sculptor," Portland, OR: Binfords & Mort, 1973. IAS files contain detailed description of chipping on lower basin. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Oregon Historical Society, 1976. Gurney, George, "Olin Levi Warner (1844-1896): A Catalogue Raisonne of his Sculpture and Graphic Works," Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1978, pgs. 619-653. 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 75007634   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75007634 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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