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Price, Gary,
Giattina & Fischer,
Children
Object -- Other
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Homage -- Merriman, Rebecca
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Birmingham
Sculpture
Rebecca's Well, (sculpture).
Artist:
Price, Gary, 1955- , sculptor.
Giattina & Fischer, architectural firm.
Title:
Rebecca's Well, (sculpture).
Dates:
1990. Copyrighted 1990.
Digital Reference:
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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