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(Cement Mountain Fountain), (sculpture). Artist:  Purcell, Rick, sculptor. Title:  (Cement Mountain Fountain), (sculpture). Dates:  1993. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: glass fiber reinforced concrete, carved, welded steel, foam, and stone; Base: Colorado boulders. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 25 ft. x Diam. 50 ft.; Base: approx. H. 12 ft. x Diam. 60 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A giant mountain with a cascading waterfall coming from the middle, atop a base of stacked boulders. Subject:  Landscape -- Mountain Landscape -- Waterfall Landscape -- Phenomenon -- Volcano Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs Fountain Sculpture Owner:  McNulty's Golf and Games, 5150 East Platte Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80915 Remarks:  The sculpture is the centerpiece of the facility and can spill up to 2,000 gallons of water from its peak. According to the artist, "It will splash, crash and burn." The artist created the master molds for the "rocks" of the sculpture by finding rock formations in the mountains and covering them with rubber latex. Boulders from nearby mountains make up the base of the sculpture. Water from the sculpture pours into a basin also containing a Loch Ness Monster sculpture (IAS record CO000380). IAS files contain a related article from the Gazette-Telegraph (Colorado), June 16, 1993, pg. B1, B2, which details how the sculptor created the sculpture. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Gazette-Telegraph (Colorado), June 16, 1993, pg. B2. 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 CO000381   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CO000381 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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