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    Rebecca's Well, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Price, Gary, 1955- , sculptor.
    Giattina & Fischer, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    Rebecca's Well, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1990. Copyrighted 1990.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with green patina; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 64 x 44 x 22 in.; Base: approx. D. 1/2 in. x Diam. 59 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On each proper right foot:) 9/18 Gary Price (copyright symbol) 90 signed
    Description: 
    Two standing children, a boy and a girl, serve as a fountain within a larger courtyard fountain. The taller figure, the girl, holds a shell over her head. Water trickles out of this shell to another held by the boy. They stand on a round ground-level base which has a drain in the center, between the figures.
    Subject: 
    Children
    Object -- Other -- Shell
    Recreation -- Sport & Play
    Homage -- Merriman, Rebecca
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Station, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
    Remarks: 
    The fountain is a tribute to Rebecca Merriman.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama 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 AL000212
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