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    		• Cauthen, Gene,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Female & Child
     
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    		• Recreation -- Leisure
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Worcester Square Group, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Cauthen, Gene, 1941- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Worcester Square Group, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1989. Installed May 10, 1990.
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with green-brown patina; Base: granite; Basin: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 7 1/2 ft. x W. 5 ft.; Base: approx. H. ft. x W. 4 ft.; Basin: approx. Diam. 26 ft.
    Description: 
    A fountain sculpture of two Victorian-era women taking a stroll with a young girl and boy. The figures are loosely modeled and have a green-brown patina. The sculpture is installed on a circular granite base in the center of a circular granite fountain basin.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Female & Child
    Recreation -- Leisure -- Strolling
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
    Located Worcester Square, Between Washington Street & Harrison Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The fountain was installed as part of a renovation project for Worcester Square which was redesigned to reflect the neighborhood's Victorian character. The inscription on a plaque attached to the fence around the park reads: FOR THE ADORNMENT AND BENEFIT OF BOSTON/B/Partial funding for the restoration of Worcester Square/was provided in 1990 by a grant from the Edward/Ingersoll Browne Trust fund, a private fund/administered by the City of Boston./Worcester Square is part of the South End Landmark District.
    IAS files contain a clipping from the South End News (Boston, MA), May 10, 1990, pg. 7, 1990; and a preliminary site plan and cost estimates for the Worcester Square project. For additional information see the files of the Ingersoll Browne Trust fund.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    South End News (Boston, MA), May 10, 1990, pg. 7.
    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 MA000171
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