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Bird Bath, (sculpture). Artist:  Young, Mahonri Mackintosh, 1877-1957, sculptor. Title:  Bird Bath, (sculpture). Dates:  1917. Installed June 1917. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 43 in. x Diam. 41 in. Inscription:  (Upper rim of sculpture:) Mahondri (sic) Young 1917 (On rim of sculpture:) IN.MEMORIAM.AUGUSTA.CURTIS signed Description:  A birdbath with three storks on the pedestal standing erect with their backs to one another beneath the water basin. The rim and basin of the birdbath are adorned with several species of Maine birds and flora and fauna. On one part of the rim, a pair of birds feed their young in a nest. Subject:  Homage -- Curtis, L. Augusta Object -- Other -- Birdbath Animal -- Bird -- Stork Object -- Foliage Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Brunswick Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Curtis Memorial Library, Pleasant Street, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Remarks:  Commissioned by Captain John Curtis, for whom the library was named, as a memorial to his sister, Miss L. Augusta Curtis, who died in 1916 and left a bequest of $8,721 for the library. The sculpture was originally in a garden dedicated to her mother. At one time, it was removed from the grounds because of vandalism and refurbished and replaced after it was found missing by a Curtis relative. After replacement, it was again moved to make room for the new wing of the library. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Louise R. Helmreich's "A History of the Public Library in Brunswick, Maine," 1976, pg. 35-36. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine 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 ME000177   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture ME000177 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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