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Animal -- Bird
History -- United States
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Evanston
Sculpture
Centennial Fountain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Centennial Fountain, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated July 4, 1876.
Medium:
Painted metal on a concrete and stone base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 10 ft. Diam. 10 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. Diam. 5 ft.
Description:
A three-tiered fountain with cranes. At the top is a bird with his beak pointing up and wings spread. Under the 2nd basin are 4 cranes with necks down, resting on their chests. Under the 3rd and largest tier are 4 cranes each in a similar pose as the top one. All the birds are painted white with yellow-orange feet & beaks. Fountain is painted green. The water falls from the highest point, the top of the crane's beak, to the successive three basins and into the base. The fountain has a legged bottom which rests on a concrete base which sits in a larger basin.
Subject:
Animal -- Bird -- Crane
History -- United States -- Centennial
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Evanston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Evanston Park District, Evanston, Illinois 60201
Located Merrick Rose Garden, Evanston, Illinois
Provenance:
Formerly located at Davis Sherman Intersection, Evanston, Illinois 1946.
Remarks:
Inscription on tablet on nearby boulder: Centennial Fountain Dedicated July 4, 1876 In commemoration of 100th year of American Independence. This boulder and tablet placed by Evanston Historical Society 1921. The fountain was placed in storage and renovated in 1988.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.
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 IL000050
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IL000050
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