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Wadsworth Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Barye, Antoine Louis, 1796-1875, sculptor. Hunt, Richard Morris, 1827-1895, designer. Willard, Andrew J., contractor. Title:  Wadsworth Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Bronze Bear, (sculpture). Dates:  1887-1888. Dedicated 1888. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bear: bronze; Column and fountain: Bay of Fundy red granite, and iron. Dimensions:  Column: approx. H. 75 in.; Bear: approx. H. 32 in. x W. 18 in.; Fountain basin: approx. H. 31 in. x Diam. 12 ft. (15 tons) Inscription:  (Column of fountain:) The gift of Emmeline Austin Wadsworth Description:  A Gothic column topped with a bronze bear sitting on its hindquarters and holding a lamppost. Halfway up the column is an iron band with four water spouts, and four fillet ironwork arms from which lighting once hung. Subject:  Animal -- Bear Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Geneseo Fountain Light fixture Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Geneseo, Department of Public Works, Geneseo, New York 14454 Located Center of Main Street at junction of Center Street, Geneseo, New York Remarks:  The memorial fountain was erected by William A. Wadsworth and Herbert Wadsworth in memory of their mother, Emmeline Austin Wadsworth. The bear was sculpted by Bayre; the marble portions of the fountain were fabricated in Maine. Andrew J. Willard, a local contractor, excavated the fountain site. The fountain base cost 7,000. Over the years the bear has been painted various colors and has been decorated during the holidays. IAS files contain excerpt from Montgomery Schuyler's "American Architecture and Other Writings," Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press; and newspaper articles from Republican, Oct. 22, 1953, and Buffalo Courier Express, April 14, 1974. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Buffalo Courier Express, April 14, 1974. 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 NY001062   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001062 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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