The Steele Street Fountain, (sculpture).

The Steele Street Fountain, (sculpture).

Dwyer, Gary C., 1943- , sculptor.

Behrens, Robert, 1939- , assistant.

The Steele Street Fountain, (sculpture).

Modeled 1972. Dedicated 1976.

Concrete with bronze or brass water spouts.

Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. 5 in. x Diam. 38 ft. 11 in.; Catch basin: approx. H. 6 in. x Depth 24 in. x Diam. 20 ft. 2 in.

(Plaque on east face of northeast slab:) PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF DENVER/BY TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL FOUNDATION/STEELE PARK ASSOCIATES/AND THE PARK PEOPLE 1976/ARTIST: GARY DWYER signed

A fountain consisting of a catch basin in the shape of an equilateral triangle, surrounded by three upright triangular concrete slabs. Each upright slab touches one side of the catch basin and points inward towards the center of the fountain. The inner point of each of the upright slabs is truncated and has eighteen nozzles from which water sprays.

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver

Administered by City and County of Denver, Department of Parks & Recreation, 2300 15th Street, Suite 150, Denver, Colorado 80202

Located Cherry Creek Mall Complex, Southwest corner of South Steele Street & East Bayaud Avenue, Denver, Colorado

This fountain was part of the "Art in the Cities" program proposed by the Park People and the I-25 Artists' Alliance to beautify seventeen traffic triangles in Denver. Models were submitted in 1972 for review by the Denver Art Commission, the Parks Department, the Department of Public Works, and the Traffic Department. This fountain was planned for intersections, first at Broadway, 24th and Lawrence Streets, and then at East 1st Avenue and South Steele Street, before its present site was chosen. the contract agreement was signed with Dwyer on August 9, 1974. Fountain cost $15,000. Partial funding was received from the National Endowment for the Arts. Robert Behrens collaborated on the piece. IAS files contain related correspondence from the artist, Art in Cities materials, and construction agreement.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.

City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 1996.

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