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The Elizabeth Smith Petty Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Artist:  Cramer, Miriam E., b. 1885, sculptor. Title:  The Elizabeth Smith Petty Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1931. Dedicated June 5, 1932. Medium:  Bronze (?) on a stone base. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 36 x 14 x 31 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 12 x 34 x 52 in.; Pool: approx. 21 in. x 14 ft. x 25 in. Inscription:  M. CRAMER 31 (Inscribed on proper right side of base:) A WELL OF WATER SPRINGING UP ONTO ETERNAL LIFE./IN MEMORY OF THEIR GRANDMOTHER - ELIZABETH SMITH PETTY. (Inscribed far right corner, proper right side base:) GIFT OF JEAN AND JOEL HAYDEN 1932 signed Description:  A standing nude female with long hair, with her arms outstretched in front of her holding a floral blossom in her cupped hands. There is a water spout here. To the proper left and below the female figure is a crouching figure of a male nude wearing a helmet. His head is down and his proper left hand rests by his side. He is crouching behind what appears to be a rising wave. The piece is set on a tier of five rectangular stones, getting smaller near the top, in a cross-shaped pool with two stone steps descending on all four sides. Subject:  Figure group -- Nude Object -- Flower Dress -- Accessory -- Helmet Homage -- Petty, Elizabeth Smith Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Hudson Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Western Reserve Academy, 115 College Street, Hudson, Ohio 44236 Located Western Reserve Academy, 115 College Street, College Street & High Street, Hudson, Ohio 44236 Remarks:  IAS files contain a copy of the dedication program. The pool was redone around 1983, the original tiles removed from the pool's bottom floor. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993. 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 OH000065   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000065 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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