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Rosenberg Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Machtl, Franz, sculptor. Unknown (Munich, Germany), founder. Title:  Rosenberg Fountain, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Hebe, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated on Oct. 16, 1893. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base and fountain: marble or granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 11 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: H. 11 ft. Diam. 10 ft. Inscription:  (Around top of temple, just above columns:) JOSEPH ROSENBERG OF SAN FRANCISCO CAL. Description:  Standing female figure of Hebe in classical dress holding a pitcher in her proper left hand and offering goblet in her proper right hand. Hebe rests on a circular stepped base which is mounted on the dome of a miniature circular Greek temple. This temple houses a drinking fountain surrounded by four fluted Doric columns. Below the columns is a low round base. Subject:  Homage -- Rosenberg, Joseph Mythology -- Classical -- Hebe Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Grant Park, Park Row at Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Provenance:  Bequest of Rosenberg, Joseph, 1891. Remarks:  Joseph Rosenberg included a bequest of 10,000 dollars in his will for a fountain for the city of his birth. Base and fountain media given as marble in the Index of American Sculpture records, but SOS survey provided granite. At the time the SOS photographs were taken, the fountain portion of the piece was boarded up. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Photographic Archives contains photographs of the fountain from the 1900s through the present. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Preservation Files contain conservation treatment reports with slide and black and white photographic documentation. The Chicago Park District also houses blueprints of the monument. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 6. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 46. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, 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 75004339   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004339 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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