(Latrobe Waterworks Park Fountain), (sculpture).

(Latrobe Waterworks Park Fountain), (sculpture).

Le Bourg, Charles, 1829-1906, sculptor.

Fonderies VII D'Oshe, founder.

(Latrobe Waterworks Park Fountain), (sculpture).

1872. Relocated 1984. Dedicated July 1985.

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Sculpture: cast iron, painted; Base: cast iron, concrete, stone.

Sculpture: approx. H. 71 in. Diam. 29 in.; Base: approx. H. 47 in. Diam. 48 in.

(On base:) SCULPTEUR/CHARLES LE BOURG 1872/FONDERIES VII D'OSHE (On base, on river side, above flower bed:) GHM/SOMMEVOIRE/1984 (or 1934) signed Founder's mark appears.

A painted cast iron sculpture which appears to have originally been a fountain. Four female caryatids wearing classical drapery stand under a cupola which rests on their heads. The head of each caryatid is topped by an Ionic capital. The cupola is further supported by the caryatids who raise both arms up over head to grasp the bottom edge of the cupola. The cupola is covered with a fish scale design and topped with a catfish. The four-sided base is decorated by corbels with shells at the top and cattails on the sides. Between the corbels are reliefs depicting tridents and catfish. The sculpture is in the middle of an octagonal flower bed which was formerly a pool.

Figure group -- Female

Animal -- Fish -- Catfish

Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans

Administered by French Market Corporation, 83 French Market Place, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

Located Latrobe Waterworks Park, French Market, Ursulines & Decatur Streets, New Orleans, Louisiana

Formerly located Paris, France

Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.

Inscription on nearby marker reads: THIS FOUNTAIN WAS A GIFT TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS/FROM THE PEOPLE OF PARIS, THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF/THE HONORABLE JACQUES CHIRAC, MAYOR OF PARIS, ON THE OCCASION/OF THE 1984 LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION./A SYMBOL OF THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES,/IT WAS DEDICATED BY THE HONORABLE ERNEST N. MORIAL,/MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS, AND THE HONORABLE PHILIPPE GREGOIRE,/CONSUL GENERAL OF FRANCE, JULY, 1985. (Inscription continues with French translation of the above. See IAS photographs for French translation.) This piece was moved from Paris, France to New Orleans, LA in 1984 for the 1984 Louisiana World's Fair by the Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993.

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