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Strong, Linda Lee Miner,
Shidoni Foundry,
Children
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
Sculpture
Children's Fountain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Strong, Linda Lee Miner, sculptor.
Shidoni Foundry, founder.
Title:
Children's Fountain, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Children's Fountain of Santa Fe, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 21, 1979. Modified 2000.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze and concrete.
Inscription:
(On back of boy's shirt:) GRAM
Description:
A fountain in which two children spray water at one another. The girl is wearing long pants, a long-sleeve shirt, and no shoes. The boy is wearing shorts, a tee shirt, cowboy boots, and a cap. The figures stand on raised concrete mounds within the fountain.
Subject:
Children
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe Arts Commission, P. O. Box 909, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
Located DeVargas Park, Corner of Guadalupe and West Alameda, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Remarks:
The fountain was a gift of Roberta Beck Utz, whose nickname, Gram, is on the back of the boy's shirt. The two children were modelled after the artist's son (Lars) and daughter (Kare). When originally installed, the young boy held a squirt gun in his proper right hand. Because of controversy over gun violence, the fountain was modified by the artist in August 2000. The boy's squirt gun was replaced with a water hose. The replacement part was cast by Dale Weston's foundry. IAS files contain text of nearby plaque; a related article from The New Mexican, and City of Santa Fe Parks & Recreation Department memo (June 11, 1999) requesting additional funding for replacement of the squirt gun.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1994.
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 NM000062
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NM000062
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