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Firefighters Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Corbin, Tom, sculptor. Bash, Byron, designer. Larkin and Associates, engineering firm. Heartland Art Bronze, founder. Title:  Firefighters Fountain, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Firefighters Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1991. Dedicated Oct. 6, 1991. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  Figures: each approx. 70 x 30 x 15 in.; Basin: approx. Diam. 80 ft. Inscription:  HEARTLAND ART BRONZE (On back of base of figure): TOM CORBIN 1991 signed Description:  Two figures of firefighters in center of fountain. One figure is kneeling on proper left knee and holding a fire hose at his proper left side. Second figure is standing with proper left arm extended in front of body. Both wear firefighting uniforms with helmets on their heads. Third firefighter figure stands in memorial terrace area. Figure holds hat under bent proper right arm. His proper left arm is at his side holding gloves. Eyes are lowered with mournful expression on face. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Dress -- Uniform -- Fireman Uniform Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet State of Being -- Emotion -- Sorrow Disaster -- Fire Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Kansas City, Missouri, Department of Parks and Recreation, Planning Services Division, 4600 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64130 Located Penn Valley Park, 31st & Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Missouri Remarks:  Sculpture cost $1.18 million, with funds raised through community fundraising campaign begun in 1988. Government funds provided for approximately 1/3 of the total cost. Names of 86 firefighters killed in the line of duty are inscribed on granite markers in memorial terrace area. IAS files include transcription of nearby plaque and related articles from Kansas City Star, Feb. 15, 1991, pg. 1C; Oct. 5, 1991, pg. C1, C6; Oct. 7, 1991, pg. 1A, B1. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Kansas City Star (MO), Oct. 7, 1991, pg. 1A. 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 MO000069   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MO000069 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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