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Fountain Figures, (sculpture). Artist:  Chambellan, Rene Paul, 1893-1955, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Fountain Figures, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Fountainhead Figures, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1935. Medium:  Figure: bronze. Dimensions:  6 figures Each figure: approx. 33 x 26 x 47 in.; Base: approx. H. 14 in. Inscription:  signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Six Tritons and Nereids riding dolphins. Water gushes from the mouths of the dolphins into a series of mirrored pools. Each figure represents a quality which has spurred mankind's progress: Leadership, Will, Thought, Imagination, Energy, and Alertness. Subject:  Figure group -- Nude Animal -- Fish Mythology -- Classical -- Triton Mythology -- Classical -- Nereid Allegory -- Other -- Progress Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Rockefeller Center Management Corporation, Architecture and Design Division, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 Located Rockefeller Center, Channel Gardens, New York, New York Remarks:  IAS files contain a lengthy description of each figure which includes dimensions and details of the signature. For related information see: Krinsky, Carol Herselle, "Rockefeller Center," Oxford University Press, 1978, pg. 41, 61, 63; Loth, David, "The City within a City," William Morrow & Co., 1966, pg. 120-121; Reynolds, Donald Martin, "The Architecture of New York City," Macmillian Publishing Co., 1984, pg. 257-259; "The WPA Guide to New York City, "Pantheon Books, 1982, pg. 335; and Goldberger, Paul, "The City Observed, New York," Vintage Books, 1979, pg. 169-170. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 185. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 185. 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 76008719   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76008719 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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