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Thorn Puller, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Thorn Puller, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Spinario, (sculpture). Medium:  Fountain: bronze; Basin: brownstone and painted concrete. Dimensions:  Fountain: approx. 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 ft.; Basin: approx. H. 1.5 x Diam. 10 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A fountain consisting of a nude male youth sitting on a tree trunk with his proper left foot placed over his proper right knee. The figure holds his proper left foot with both hands. The figure is placed atop a pedestal within a circular basin. Subject:  Figure male -- Child -- Full length Figure male -- Child -- Nude Ethnic -- Roman Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford Fountain Copy Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Institute of Living, 550 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Located 400 Washington Street, Hartford, Connecticut Remarks:  The figure in the fountain is almost an exact replica of a 1st Century B.C. bronze Roman sculpture now in the Capitoine Museum in Rome. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 CT000205   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000205 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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