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Concrete Fish Pond Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Rodriguez, Dionicio, 1891/93-1955, sculptor. Title:  Concrete Fish Pond Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1920's. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cement; Base: cement. Dimensions:  2 units. Fish pond sculpture: approx. Diam. 20 ft.; Fish pond base: approx. Diam. 20 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Two site-specific sculptures. A long Western fence flanks the front of an office building. It includes an arched, elaborate entranceway and is constructed of cement which looks like petrified wood. The second installation is a concrete fish pond and fountain shaded by a concrete-thatched roof. The pond is decorated with replicas of life-like desert animals and plants. Subject:  Architecture -- Detail -- Fence Architecture -- Detail -- Gate Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- San Antonio Site-specific Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Los Coyotes Joint Venture, San Antonio, Texas Located Jones-Maltsberger Road, San Antonio, Texas Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Alamo Cement Company, Jones-Maltsberger Road & U.S. Highway 281, San Antonio, Texas Remarks:  The sculpture was created in the 1920's and was sited on the grounds of Alamo Cement Company. In the 1980's the company sold the property and moved its headquarters elsewhere. The property and sculpture were purchased by Los Coyotes Joint Venture, an investment company formed by Bertrand O. Baetz, Jr., Eugene Larsen and John Colglazier. IAS files contain copies of related article from North San Antonio Times, Nov. 13, 1986 and Feb. 12, 1987. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, San Antonio survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. North San Antonio Times, Nov. 13, 1986. 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 TX000984   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000984 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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