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    		• Brigham, Joan,
     
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    		• Walker, Peter,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Homage -- Tanner
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Tanner Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Brigham, Joan, 1935- , sculptor.
    Walker, Peter, 1946- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Tanner Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1984.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Fountain: stone and metal; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Diam. 30 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    The fountain is composed of small stone boulders set into concrete in seven concentric circles. Fountain heads which spray a fine mist of water are recessed in the concrete between the inner three rows of boulders.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Homage -- Tanner
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
    Located Harvard University, Science Center, Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
    Remarks: 
    The inscription on an oval stone set into the concrete near the sculpture reads: TANNER FOUNTAIN/the soft sheen all enchants/A gleam of sun, a summer rain/RALPH WALDO EMERSON, CLASS OF 1821/GIFT OF GRACE A. AND OBERT C. TANNER.
    References: 
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
    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 87740141
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