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Place Hermite, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (French), sculptor. Title:  Place Hermite, (sculpture). Other Titles:  19th Century French Fountain, (sculpture). Nineteenth Century French Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1880. Medium:  Fountain: bronze; Basin: concrete and metal. Dimensions:  Fountain: approx. 3 x 4 x 1.5 ft.; Basin: approx. 4 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 3 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A young child, dressed in a loosely tied garment around the waist, sits upon a stylized fish. The child holds a scallop shell in proper left hand and a conch shell in proper right hand. The fountain is placed atop an ornate semicircular two-tiered basin that is decorated at the front with a fantastic animal-like face. The fountain and basin are placed up against a wall that is painted with a landscape mural. Subject:  Figure -- Full length Animal -- Fish Object -- Other -- Shell Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Bellevue Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by TerraNomics, Main Office, 320 108th Avenue, N.E., Suite 406, Bellevue, Washington 98004 Located Crossroads Shopping Center, N.E. 8th Street & 156th Avenue N.E., In front of Starbucks, Bellevue, Washington Remarks:  The fountain was reportedly purchased at a flea market in Paris by the Shopping Center owners. IAS files contain a copy of the Bellevue Arts Commission's "Art Map" brochure. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995. 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 WA000194   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000194 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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