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Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Thew, Garret, 1892-1964, sculptor. Title:  Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1934. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  118 1/2 x 62. Inscription:  signed Subject:  Portrait female -- Thew, Robin -- Child Animal -- Bird -- Gull Object -- Foliage Object Type:  Sculpture Fountain Owner:  Administered by Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection, Westport, Connecticut Located Green's Farms Elementary School, 17 Morningside Drive South, Stairwell near north entrance, Westport Connecticut 06880 Remarks:  Funded through the Works Progress Administration. This fountain installed at the original entrance to the Green's Farms Elementary School is part of what was once a five-part installation consisting of a stepped fountain in the space between two sets of stairs; a bronze statue of a little girl (modeled after the artist's daughter, Robin Thew) seated on the edge of the lower fountain pool, her foot dangling in the water; two wrought iron stairway railings fashioned to resemble reeds and grasses; a chandelier featuring sea gulls; and a fresco mural depicting clouds and flying sea gulls against a blue sky on the ceiling arching over the two fountain pools. In 1982, the school closed due to declining enrollment and the building became the home of the Westport Art Center, which worked to restore the fountain installation in 1995. In 1998, the building was converted back to the Green's Farms Elementary School and the fountain was altered to accommodate safety codes. References:  "Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection: Our Art Heritage, a Gift for the Future," Westport, CT: Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection Committee, 1999, pg. 42. Illustration:  "Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection: Our Art Heritage, a Gift for the Future," Westport, CT: Westport Schools Permanent Art Collection Committee, 1999, pg. 42. 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 68610004   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 68610004 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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