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    		• Wright-McLaughlin,
     
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    		• Kinsman, Elanor,
     
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    		• Eckbo, Dean, Austin, and Williams,
     
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    		• Langfur Construction Company,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Feature Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wright-McLaughlin, design firm.
    Kinsman, Elanor, sculptor.
    Eckbo, Dean, Austin, and Williams, landscape architect.
    Langfur Construction Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Feature Fountain, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Fountain Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Waterfall, (sculpture).
    Upper Pool and Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast Aug. 15, 1971.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: concrete and granite; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 15 ft. x W. 7 ft.
    Description: 
    A fountain sculpture comprised of four joined pylons. The monumental trapezoidal-shaped concrete slabs form right angles to each other and embrace an accordion-like fountain head made of granite. Water flows over the granite section of the fountain and into the surrounding lily pond.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Coadministered by City & County of Denver, Department of Parks & Recreation, 2300 15th Street, Suite 150, Denver, Colorado 80202
    Coadministered by Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, Denver, Colorado 80206
    Located Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, Upper Pool Section, Denver Colorado 80206
    Remarks: 
    The ornamental water system and garden were created for $280,000 in donated funds, as part of a larger 16 acre garden expansion redesign timed to coincide with the state centennial and national bicentennial in 1976. The water system was designed by the hydraulic engineering firm Wright-McLaughlin, with construction by Langfur Construction Company. The Botanic Gardens were designed by the landscape architectural firm Eckbo, Dean, Austin and Williams. IAS files contain related articles from The Denver Post, Aug. 15, 1971, pg. 10G; and July 24, 1974, pg. 4.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
    City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 1996.
    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 CO000500
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