Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
Artist Browse
Title Browse
Subject Browse
Object Type Browse
Owner Browse
Refine Search
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Bright, Barney,
Hamilton, Ed,
Bright Foundry,
Animal -- Horse
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville
Fountain
Sculpture
River Horse, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bright, Barney, 1927- , sculptor.
Hamilton, Ed, assistant.
Bright Foundry, founder.
Title:
River Horse, (sculpture).
Dates:
1973.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Fountain: concrete.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. H. 21 ft.; Sculpture: approx. 16 x 6 x 10 ft.
Inscription:
(On tail:) B Bright assisted by E Hamilton signed
Description:
A fantasy fountain horse with wings and a fish's tail. Water comes out of the horse's mouth.
Subject:
Animal -- Horse
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Louisville, Louisville Development Authority, 600 West Main Street, Suite 300, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Located Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Chestnut Street near 6th Street, Louisville, Kentucky
Provenance:
Formerly located Federal Plaza, Chestnut near 6th Street, Louisville, Kentucky
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned in 1973 by the City of Louisville for what was then Federal Plaza, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. Nearby plaque reads: RIVER HORSE/BY BARNEY BRIGHT/GIFT OF/MR AND MRS BARRY BINGHAM, SR. According to the artist, the piece is a symbol of Louisville's growth and spirited renaissance. IAS files contain copy of Conservation Assessment dated Nov. 6, 1990, from Venus Bronze Works (Detroit, MI). IAS files contain clipping from Louisville Courier-Journal, Aug. 10, 1975; and article from Louisville Magazine, June 1985.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, KY0044, 1989.
Altrusa Club of Louisville, "Cut, Cast, Carved," Louisville, KY: Chamber of Commerce, 1974.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Louisville Courier-Journal, Aug. 10, 1975.
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 75005386
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
75005386
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact