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    		• Carrara Marble Co.,
     
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    		• Giambologna,
     
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    		• Lauretti, Palermita,
     
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    		• Mythology -- Classical
     
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    		• Literature -- Character
     
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    		• Religion -- Angel
     
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    		• Animal -- Dolphin
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Palo Verdes Estates
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Copy
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    La Fontana Del Nettuno, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Carrara Marble Co., fabricator.
    Giambologna, 1529-1608, sculptor. (copy after)
    Lauretti, Palermita, sculptor. (copy after)
    Title: 
    La Fontana Del Nettuno, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Neptune Fountain, (sculpture).
    Malaga Cove Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Basin: ca. 1930; Neptune: 1960's after copy of 1563 original.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Carrara marble; Basin: Carrara marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 12 ft. 2 in.; Basin: approx. H. 4 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On basin:) Fori Ornamento/Aere Publico/Populi Commodo/MDLXIII/THIS REPLICA OF AN ANCIENT FOUNTAIN IN BOLOGNA, ITALY WAS DONATED TO THIS COMMUNITY BY PALOS VERDES PROJECT./DEDICATED TO INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL THIS SIXTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY. unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of Neptune stands on an ornate pedestal decorated with seahorses and cupids, set within a square basin. Neptune is nude except for a fig leaf and has curly hair with a moustache and beard. He holds a trident in his proper right hand and steps on a dolphin. Four putti sit on the top corners of the pedestal. Each holds a fish out of whose mouths water spouts into scalloped basins located on the corners below. Four mermaids astride dolphins are located at the bottom tier of the pedestal. On each side of the pedestal between the mermaids is an oblong basin. A small face above each basin spouts water into it.
    Subject: 
    Mythology -- Classical -- Neptune
    Literature -- Character -- Mermaid
    Religion -- Angel
    Animal -- Dolphin
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Palo Verdes Estates
    Fountain
    Copy
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Palos Verdes Estates, Maintenance Department, 430 Palos Verdes Drive West, Palos Verdes Estates, California 90274
    Located Malaga Cove Plaza, Palo Verdes Estates, California
    Remarks: 
    The current marble Neptune figure, produced by Carrara Marble Co. and installed during the 1960s, is a reduced-sized replica of a copy done sometime before 1815 of an original bronze fountain "La Fountana Del Nettuno," erected in Bologna, Italy in 1563. The original bronze figure of Neptune was cast by Giambologna; the original carved fountain pedestals done in collaboration with Palermita Lauretti. A marble replica of that fountain was created sometime prior to 1815, and stood in a villa garden in the Gorizia region of Italy until about 1925, when it was purchased by art dealer Arnoldo Adolfo di Signi and sold to the Chateau Art Studios in Los Angeles. That replica was purchased for Palo Verdes Estates and a new basin was executed in Bologna just prior to the work's dedication in 1930. Over the years, the first marble statue suffered damage from vandals, and during the 1960s a replacement copy of the replica was made by Carrara Marble Co. Both marble copies are still in existence and both suffer damage from vandals. IAS files have photograph of the first marble replica as it stood in the Chateaua Art Studio before being brought to Palas Verdes Estates in 1929.
    IAS files contain related articles from the Palos Verdes Bulletin, a publication of the Palos Verdes Homes Association, Palos Verde Estates, California, v. 6 no. 2 (Feb. 1930), pg. 1 and v. 6 no. 3 (March 1930), pg. 1-7, and the Los Angeles Times, Feb. 16, 1930, pg. 6, Feb. 17, 1930 and July 24, 1935, pt. 2 pg. 5 and excerpts from the books "Time and the Terraced Land," by Augusta Fink and "America Off The Wall: the West Coast," by Kristan Lawson & Anneli S. Rufus (New York: John Wiley & Sons,). IAS files also contain correspondence from Morynne Motley discussing the missing pieces and attempts to trace the true history of the fountain.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Los Angeles Times, Feb. 16, 1960, pg. 6.
    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 CA001942
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