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Howe, Amy,
Burgess, Burt,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Brewster
Arch
Sculpture
Archway and Water Pump, (sculpture).
Artist:
Howe, Amy, designer.
Burgess, Burt, fabricator.
Title:
Archway and Water Pump, (sculpture).
Dates:
1902.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Fieldstone.
Dimensions:
Approx. 12 x 18 x 5 ft.
Inscription:
(On watering trough:) BREWSTER/1902 (On bronze plaque on archway:) "THE EGG"/THIS GREEN AND THE TREES THEY PLANTED/ARE CARED FOR IN MEMORY OF/HERBERT GRAFTON WOODWORTH/1867-1949/AND HIS WIFE/GRACE GREENLEAF TAYLOR/1868-1942 unsigned
Description:
An archway made of fieldstones and mortar shelters the original town pump and a stone horse trough. The sides of the archway feature two metal horse hitches.
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Brewster
Arch
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Brewster, Main Street, Brewster, Massachusetts 02631
Located Main Street & Breakwater Road, Brewster, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The archway is located at the edge of a grassy oval area known as "The Egg." The fieldstone arch was designed by Amy Howe and built by Burt Burgess. The water pump is a Buckeye Lift Pump made in Springfield, Ohio. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated Nov. 1986.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.
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 MA000331
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MA000331
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