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    		• Kinoshita, Masao,
     
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    		• DuBose, Charles,
     
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    		• Sasaki, Hideo,
     
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    		• Sasaki, Walker & Associates,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kinoshita, Masao, 1925- , sculptor.
    DuBose, Charles, 1908- , architect.
    Sasaki, Hideo, designer.
    Sasaki, Walker & Associates, landscape architect.
    Title: 
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1962-1964.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: concrete and stone composite.
    Dimensions: 
    Each slab: approx. 12 ft. x 3 ft. x 8 in.; Base: approx. 19 in. x 60 ft. x 40 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaques on the north and south ends of the sculpture:) Constitution Plaza/Donates All Monies/From This Pool To The/Institute of Living unsigned
    Description: 
    An abstract fountain comprised of rectangular slabs of rough gray granite placed in horizontal and vertical positions. The elements vary in size, ranging from one foot to twelve feet in height and eighteen inches to three feet in width. Water cascades over the horizontal granite slabs, creating a waterfall effect. The floor of the pool is made of oblong stones set into concrete. This stone and concrete theme is carried into the bench that surrounds the pool and the terrace that continues from the bench.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Servus Management Corporation, 100 Constitution Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut 06103
    Located Constitution Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut 06103
    Remarks: 
    The fountain was created as part of an urban renewal project for the plaza complex (Grant 75). The cost of the entire complex was $40 million dollars.
    IAS files contain article from: The Hartford Courant, July 22, 1962, which lists Masao Kinoshita and Hideo Sasaki as designers. For further reading see Marion Hepburn Grant's "In and About Hartford," (Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society, 1978), pg, 78.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    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 75001649
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