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Becker, Jack,
Waterscape
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Lake City
Fountain
Sculpture
Wave, (sculpture).
Artist:
Becker, Jack, 1954- , sculptor.
Title:
Wave, (sculpture).
Dates:
1976.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Fountain: bronze; Basin: concrete.
Dimensions:
Fountain: approx. 10 ft. x 87 in. x 143 in.; Basin: approx. 11 ft. x 122 in. x 217 in.
Inscription:
(On fountain, raised letters:) Becker '76 (Circular plaque on fountain, raised letters:) "IF WE HAD A WAY OF FOREORDAINING THESE THINGS, WE/COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A FINER FATHER OF WATER SKIING/THAN RALPH SAMUELSON. HE HAS BEEN AN AMAZING/ASSET TO THE SPORT EVER SINCE HE DISCOVERED IT ON/LAKE PEPIN, LAKE CITY, MINNESOTA, LARGELY BECAUSE OF/HIS MODESTY AND HIS GENUINE WONDERMENT AT WHAT/HE STARTED QUITE INNOCENTLY BACK IN 1922./THOMAS C. HARDMAN/AMERICAN WATER SKI ASSOCIATION,/WINTER HAVEN FLORIDA, 1976/"IF I HAD TO DO IT OVER AGAIN I COULDN'T HAVE CHOSEN/A BETTER PLACE TO HAVE IT HAPPEN THAN AT LAKE CITY,/MINNESOTA, ON BEAUTIFUL LAKE PEPIN."/RALPH W. SAMUELSON/"FATHER OF WATER SKIING" signed
Description:
An abstract fountain in the shape of a wave, with undulating elements representing cresting water. Water flows over the fountain's angles into a rectangular basin.
Subject:
Waterscape
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Lake City
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Lake City, Chamber of Commerce, Lake City, Minnesota 55041
Located Park Street, near Lake Pepin and the Mississippi River, Lake City, Minnesota
Remarks:
The fountain is a memorial to the beginnings of water skiing and to Ralph Samuelson, the father of water skiing. The fountain was funded in part by money left over from the 1972 Lake City Centennial celebration and partially by a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Regional Arts Council.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
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 MN000378
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