Mother Nature, (sculpture).

Mother Nature, (sculpture).

Hua, Xu Long, 1954- , sculptor.

Mother Nature, (sculpture).

Commissioned 1992. 1992-1993. Dedicated June 3, 1993.

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Fountain sculpture: fiberglass resin and marble dust composite, painted, steel and chicken wire; Pool: fieldstone.

Fountain sculpture: approx. 12 x 22 x 10 ft.

(On plaque on south side of pool wall, raised lettering:) "MOTHER NATURE"/Xu Long Hua, Artist/May, 1993/Dedicated to the citizens/whose vision & strength of character/survived the flood of May 19, 1990,/restoring faith & renewing hope/for the future Hot Springs National Park./Central Business Improvement District #2:/H. Mark Fleischner, Chairman/Ceci Clay, Secretary/J. Michael Scott/Kenneth Wheatley, III/Melvyn Bell/(Left column:) Michael Dowling/Mimi Minns/(Right column:) James Linsky/Hill Wheatley

A fountain sculpture comprised of a woman pouring water from an urn into the hands of a young boy, as deer and rabbits gather. The woman is nude to the waist, with head turned to the proper right and long hair falling down her back. She carries the water jug on her proper left shoulder. Behind her, a small child stands draped in a flowing gown, with proper left hand extended outward. To the proper right are a buck and a fawn. The buck stands with head bowed as if drinking from a pool. The fawn rests with head turned up towards the female. To the proper left is a standing doe with head arched and looking up at the female. The fountain is mounted on a raised oval platform and rests in an oval pool (an active hot spring) enclosed by a low wall.

Figure group -- Female & Child -- Nude

Object -- Other -- Container

Allegory -- Other -- Nature

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Hot Springs

Administered by City of Hot Springs, Department of Parks & Recreation, P. O. Box 700, Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901

Located Central Avenue median near Fountain Street, Hot Springs, Arkansas

The sculpture was commissioned in 1992 for $20,000 by the Central Business Improvement District of Hot Springs. It replaced an earlier fountain which sustained structural damage during a flood in May of 1990. IAS files contain related articles from the Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), Dec. 25, 1990 through June 4, 1993; and The Spring, April 1, 1993, pg. 5.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1993.

Sentinel-Record (Hot Springs, AR), June 4, 1993.

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