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E. T. Barnum Wire and Iron Work,
Children
Animal -- Amphibian
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Mena
Sculpture
(Boy and Girl Fountain), (sculpture).
Artist:
E. T. Barnum Wire and Iron Work, founder.
Title:
(Boy and Girl Fountain), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Out in the Rain, (sculpture).
Bumbershoot, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1914. Dedicated April 1914.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: cast zinc, painted; Umbrella: sheet copper with iron stem; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 3 ft. 6 in. x W. 20 in.; Base: approx. H. 18 in. x W. 30 in.
Inscription:
(On small plaque on base below large frog:) F. T. BARNUM (sic)/WIRE & IRON WORK/DETROIT MICHIGAN unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A fountain sculpture of a boy and girl standing under an umbrella atop a patch of grass and rocks. The boy is barefoot and has short hair. He is bare-chested and wears pants that are rolled up at the knees. He holds the open umbrella's handle with his two hands. The girl stands behind him, to the boy's proper left. She is barefoot, wears a kerchief over her head, and a loose-fitting, knee-length, short-sleeved dress, that is slipping off her proper left shoulder. She holds the hem of her dress in her proper left hand and has her proper right hand around the boy's arm. A large concrete frog sits in front of the girl's feet, while a smaller frog sits behind the children. The fountain rests on a cylindrical base in a circular basin. Water once rose up through the umbrella stem and spouted out the top of the umbrella.
Subject:
Children
Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Mena
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Mena, Parks Department, 520 Mena Street, Mena, Arkansas 71953
Located Janssen Park, Mena, Arkansas
Remarks:
The piece was damaged in a Nov. 1993 tornado. The umbrella is a replacement fabricated of sheet copper.
Conservation:
Treated 2000-2001. Russell-Marti Conservation Services, Inc. (California, MO). Treatment report on file with owner.
References:
Grissom, Carol, 2000.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1994.
SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1999.
SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2004.
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 AR000185
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Inventory of American Sculpture
AR000185
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