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  • FitzGerald, James Herbert,
     
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  • Tomkins, Margaret,
     
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  • Copple, Terry,
     
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  • Sjodin, Art,
     
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  • Abstract -- Geometric
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
     
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  • Fountain
     
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    Waterfront Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    FitzGerald, James Herbert, 1910-1973, sculptor.
    Tomkins, Margaret, 1916-2002, sculptor.
    Copple, Terry, sculptor.
    Sjodin, Art, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Waterfront Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1974.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Basin: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 16 ft. 6 in. x 18 ft. x 21 ft.
    Description: 
    Abstract bronze fountain with concrete basin.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109
    Located Waterfront Park, Seattle, Washington
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was designed by Fitzgerald shortly before his death. His wife, Margaret Tompkins, executed the sculpture from the bronze scale model with the assistance of sculptor Copple and welder Sjodin. The fountain was given to the city of Seattle by Helen Harrington Schiff.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.
    Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 36.
    Illustration: 
    Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 36.
    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 WA000527
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