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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Fresno
     
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    The Boy with the Leaking Boot, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wilkerson & Nutwell, founder.
    Title: 
    The Boy with the Leaking Boot, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Original 1895. Recast 1947.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete, painted.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 3 1/2 ft. x 20 in. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. x W. 23 in.; Basin: approx. W. 11 ft. 9 in. x L. 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of sculpture at base:) CAST BY/WILKERSON & NUTWELL/FRESNO, CALIF./1947 (On plaque on back of base:) "THE BOY WITH THE LEAKING BOOT"/ORIGINALLY CAST FROM PEWTER & 1st (sic) ERECTED IN COURTHOUSE/PARK AUGUST 1895 BY DR. DANIEL NICHOLS WITH THE HELP OF/FRESNO SCHOOL CHILDREN AND PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS./RECAST FROM BRONZE W/CONTRIBUTIONS OF SERVICE/CLUBS, SCHOOL CHILDREN AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, AND/AGAIN ERECTED AUGUST 1947, SPONSORED BY THE FRESNO/JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length figure in bronze of a young boy. He stands with his proper left arm akimbo, his proper right arm held up high. He wears a kepi cap. He stands on a concrete base in the middle of a blue fountain basin.
    Subject: 
    Figure -- Child -- Full length
    Dress -- Accessory -- Shoe
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Fresno
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Fresno, Fresno, California
    Located Fresno County Courthouse, Fulton Mall, Van Ness Avenue between Tulare & Fresno Streets, Fresno, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is a re-cast in bronze of an original pewter sculpture. The original sculpture was dedicated in 1895 and sat at a different location in Courthouse Park. The recast was made for the Fresno Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1947.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
    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 CA001190
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