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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Tacha, Athena,     Manzelmann, James,     Tumilty, Jack,     W. R. Holway and Associates,     Benham-Holway-Spragins,     Rosiek Construction Company,     Abstract -- Geometric     Fountain     Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa     Sculpture

Blair Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Tacha, Athena, 1936- , sculptor. Manzelmann, James, architect. Tumilty, Jack, engineer W. R. Holway and Associates, engineering firm. Benham-Holway-Spragins, architectural firm. Rosiek Construction Company, contractor. Title:  Blair Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1982. Copyrighted 1982. Dedicated Sept. 1983. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Reinforced concrete, 72 limestone rocks, and 17 water jets. Dimensions:  Fountain: approx. 16 x 80 x 58 ft.; Circular pool: approx. Diam. 160 ft. Description:  The design for this piece was inspired by raindrops, or pebbles, rippling on the water surface and other images of nature. It consists of circular concrete terracing, stacked in 11 peaks of varying heights; rocks are randomly placed between the terraced peaks; each terraced stack is topped with a circular pool of water. A water jet in each circular pool, and six in the surrounding circular pool, shoot streams of water up into the air. The water falls into the surrounding circular pool creating images of volcanic geysers, raindrops on water, and pebble ripples on water. The fountain sits in a low, semicircular spillway on the banks of the Arkansas River. A tall semicircular concrete wall and platform hold the river back. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Tulsa, River Parks Authority, 707 South Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74127 Located Low Dam River Park, Riverside Drive at 21st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma Remarks:  Plaque inscription on nearby concrete wall reads: BLAIR FOUNTAIN/BY ATHENA TACHA/(copyright symbol) 1982. Cost of the sculpture was $412,000 of which 75,000 were dam funds. The piece was paid for by the River Parks Authority and the architectural firm. The piece was approved April 19, 1982. Jack Tumilty and W. R. Holway and Associates were the fountain engineers. James Manzelmann was the fountain architect, and Manzelmann and Benham-Holway-Spragins were the architects of the park and dam surrounding the fountain. IAS files contain related articles from Tulsaworld (Feb. 10, 1983) and Landscape Architecture (March/April 1984): pg. 72-74. References:  Tacha, Athena, 1991, 1997. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996. Tacha, Athena, "Dancing in the Landscape: The Sculpture of Athena Tacha," Washington, D.C.: Editions Ariel of Grayson Publishing, 2000, pg. 77. Illustration:  Image on file. Landscape Architecture (March/April 1984): pg. 72-74. "Athena Tacha: Public Works, 1970-1988 A Retrospective Exhibition," High Museum of Art, 1989, pg. 21. 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 74240013   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74240013 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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