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(University of Alabama Fountain Fragment), (sculpture). Artist:  Engle, Frank, sculptor. Early, Tom, landscape architect. Title:  (University of Alabama Fountain Fragment), (sculpture). Dates:  1965-1966. Relocated 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast stone. Dimensions:  Approx. 14 x 11 1/2 x 11 in. Description:  The head of a nude male figure, once part of a larger fountain sculpture. Subject:  Figure male -- Head Object Type:  Fountain Sculpture Owner:  University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Paul W. Bryant Museum, Box 807385, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 Provenance:  Formerly located University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Paul W. Bryant Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1965-1987. Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. Commissioned by University of Alabama coach Paul W. Bryant as the first free-standing sculpture on the Tuscaloosa campus. The fragment was originally part of a fountain which stood at the Paul W. Bryant Hall dormitory. The fountain was about fourteen feet high and consisted of six semi-nude male figures supporting the two basins for the fountain. It was illuminated with red and white lights and designed and constructed by Frank Engle, then an art instructor on campus, and Tom Early, a local landscape architect. The nudity of the figures caused some controversy at the time of the fountain's installation. Deemed to be hazardous, in 1987, the sculpture was moved and the fountain was dismantled and moved to a maintenance facility. Much of the sculpture was then destroyed, reportedly because it would have been too costly to repair. One head fragment was given to the Paul W. Bryant Museum. IAS files include related articles from the Crimson White, the campus newspaper, Oct. 24, 1966, Oct. 31, 1966 and July 29, 1987, a 1990 unpublished essay and photocopies of the fountain in its original form and site. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993. 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 AL000363   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AL000363 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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