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The Constant Spring, (sculpture). Artist:  Birkerts, Gunnar, 1925- , designer. Title:  The Constant Spring, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Hugh Galusha Memorial Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1972. 1973. Dedicated Sept. 1973. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Rough-hewn granite. Dimensions:  Approx. 9 x 5 x 145 ft. Inscription:  (On circular bronze plaque on side of sculpture:) HUGH D. GALUSHA, JR./WAS PRESIDENT OF THIS BANK FROM/1965-1971/AND DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION THIS BUILDING AND/PLAZA CAME INTO BEING. A MAN OF GREAT VISION AND/DISCERNMENT, HE FOUND INSPIRATION IN THESE WORDS/OF SIR THOMAS BACON: "...EVEN IF THE BREATH OF HOPE/WHICH BLOWS ON US FROM THAT NEW CONTINENT, WERE/FAINTER THAN IT IS AND HARDER TO PERCEIVE, YET THE/TRIAL (IF WE WOULD NOT BEAR A SPIRIT ALTOGETHER/ABJECT) MUST BY ALL MEANS BE MADE. FOR THERE/IS NO COMPARISON BETWEEN THAT WHICH WE MAY/LOSE BY NOT TRYING AND BY NOT SUCCEEDING./THERE IS HOPE ENOUGH AND TO SPARE, NOT/ONLY TO MAKE A BOLD MAN TRY, BUT/ALSO TO MAKE A SOBER-MINDED/AND WISE MAN BELIEVE." unsigned Description:  A river fountain and waterfall. Water bubbles up at one end and flows in a trough in the granite the length of the sculpture, then cascades off a nine-foot drop at the other end into a pool. Subject:  Abstract Allegory -- Place -- Rivers Homage -- Galusha, Hugh D., Jr. History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis Sculpture Owner:  Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 250 Marquette Avenue, Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480 Remarks:  Commissioned by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. This fountain is dedicated to Hugh D. Galusha, Jr., former president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis. Gunnar Birkerts also designed the Federal Reserve Bank building, which, in combination with the fountain, commemorates the 1855 completion of a suspension bridge crossing the Mississippi River at a short distance from the Bank. IAS files contain copy of newspaper article from Minneapolis Tribune, May 9, 1981, pg. 1S; and copy of unidentified excerpt which discusses the naming of the fountain. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 1982. Illustration:  Image on file. Minneapolis Tribune, May 9, 1981, pg. 1S. 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 76000005   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76000005 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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