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Yarbrough, Dan,
Literature -- Goethe
Abstract -- Geometric
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Mount Morris
Sculpture
White Pines Bird Fountain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Yarbrough, Dan, sculptor.
Title:
White Pines Bird Fountain, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1990.
Medium:
Limestone.
Dimensions:
Approx. 14 ft. x 14 ft. x 28 in.
Inscription:
(Lower front:) - BIRDS BUILD BUT NOT I BUILD - GOETHE
Description:
Two vertical columns set on a two-tiered horizontal "base," with a beam set across the top. A metal pipe with holes along it is set in the top beam. Water drips down and is caught in a basin below the base. On either side of the sculpture, there is a bench.
Subject:
Literature -- Goethe
Abstract -- Geometric
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Mount Morris
Sculpture
Owner:
State of Illinois, llinois Department of Conservation, White Pines Forest State Park, 6712 Pines Road, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054
Remarks:
Funding provided by Illinois Percent for Art Program. Brass plaque set in cement slab reads: White Pines Bird Fountain/ In Memory of the Great Forests/Dedicated 1990/Dan B. Yarbrough/ Commissioned by the/Illinois % for Art Program/Capital Development Board/James R. Thomson/Governor/State of Illinois.
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 IL000213
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Inventory of American Sculpture
IL000213
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