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Pool of Enchantment, (sculpture). Artist:  Cummings, Melvin Earl, 1876-1936, sculptor. Schmidt, Herbert A., architect. Title:  Pool of Enchantment, (sculpture). Dates:  1917. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone. Dimensions:  3 units. Description:  Installation of three bronze sculptures on an island in the center of a pond. One of the sculptures is a full-length seated figure of a young boy. He wears a loin cloth and a feather headdress. He sits on a rock and plays a flute. Placed in front of him, at some distance, are two lions. One of the lions is lying down and the other is sitting up. Both lions face the boy. Subject:  Figure male -- Child -- Full length Animal -- Lion Performing Arts -- Music -- Flute Object -- Musical Instrument -- Flute Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102 Located Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Golden Gate Park, Main entrance, San Francisco, California 94118 Remarks:  Nearby plaque: "Gift of Maria Becker". References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco 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 CA001777   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001777 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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