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    		• Hahn, Nancy Coonsman,
     
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    		• Graf, Hugo,
     
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    		• Alloyed Metal & Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Homage -- Kincaid, Margaret R.
     
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    		• Children
     
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    		• Figure group -- Nude
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Bench
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Margaret R. Kincaid Drinking Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hahn, Nancy Coonsman, 1888-1976, sculptor.
    Graf, Hugo, designer.
    Alloyed Metal & Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Margaret R. Kincaid Drinking Fountain, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Margaret R. Kinkaid Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1914-1915.
    Medium: 
    Relief: bronze; Base: granite; Basin: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Relief: approx. H. 2 ft. 4 in.; Base: diam. approx. 10 ft.
    Inscription: 
    NANCY COONSMAN 1915 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    This drinking fountain features a cylindrical bronze relief of four young girls and two young boys joined by a flower chain.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Kincaid, Margaret R.
    Children
    Figure group -- Nude
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Relief
    Bench
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of St. Louis, Board of Public Service, City Hall, Twelfth and Market Streets, St. Louis, Missouri 63103
    Located Lucas Park, Between 13th & 14th and Locust & Charles Streets, St. Louis, Missouri
    Remarks: 
    Funded by the estate of Margaret R. Kincaid, who bequeathed four thousand dollars to the City of St. Louis for a park fountain. Sources have spelled donor's name variously as Kincaid and Kinkaid. Only women sculptors were allowed to enter the competition for the fountain commission. Nancy Coonsman Hahn's original conception of the fountain, and the controversy that ensued, are discussed in McCue's "Sculpture City: St. Louis." The final version of the fountain is significantly different from the artist's original design.
    The fountain's granite base was designed by Hugo Graf. Nancy Coonsman Hahn also was responsible for five benches near the fountain. The cast concrete benches are supported by crouching cherubic figures. IAS files contain copy from unpublished 1969 Mayor's report, "Public Art St. Louis."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis survey, 1993.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MO0003, 1989.
    McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988, pg. 78-79.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Monumental News (March 1914); (May 1914).
    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 76000989
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