Rideout Fountain, (sculpture).

Rideout Fountain, (sculpture).

Cummings, Melvin Earl, 1876-1936, sculptor.

Rideout Fountain, (sculpture).

Fountain: cast concrete; Basin: concrete.

Fountain: approx. H. 10 ft.; Basin: approx. Diam. 90 ft.

"Cummings 1924" (Basin:) Gift of Corinne Rideout/A.D. MCMXXIV signed

A fountain topped with a tiger rearing in combat with a serpent entangled around his body, set in a raised lotus bowl on a pedestal. The fountain is placed in the center of a large basin.

Animal -- Tiger

Animal -- Reptile -- Snake

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco

Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Franciso Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102

Located Golden Gate Park, Center of Music Concourse, between M. H. de Young Museum & Academy of Science Buildings, San Francisco, California

The fountain is a gift of Corinne Rideout. IAS files contain an excerpt from The Arts Commission of San Francisco's "San Francisco Art Collection: A Guide to Publicly Owned Art of the City and County of San Francisco," San Francisco, CA: Arts Commission of San Francisco, 1989, pg. 62.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.

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