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Pool of Four Fauns, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Italian), sculptor. Title:  Pool of Four Fauns, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Four Fauns Reflecting Pool, (sculpture). Dates:  Originals installed 1928. Relocated 1958. Three replicas: 1964-1965. Medium:  Figures: bronze; Fountain: concrete, tile, and redstone. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Four bronze fauns (half-human, half-goat creatures), seatd at the four corners of a rectangular concrete pool. Each faun holds a water spout in their proper left hand. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Roman Figure group -- Nude Mythology -- Classical -- Faun Object Type:  Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Highwoods Property, 310 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111 Located The Plaza, Broadway & Nichols Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64112 Remarks:  In 1928, John C. Taylor purchased four bronze faun figures in Brindisi (Italy). They were then reportedly 200 years ago and each was distinctive in pose. In Kansas City, the fauns were installed in a fountain designed by J. C. Nichols Company at the Southwest corner of 47th and Broadway. Upon completion of Plaza Central Park, in 1958, the figures were relocated to their present site on Nichols Roads, just east of Broadway. Three of the fauns were stolen in 1964 and 1965. Replicas were made from the remaining faun. (Hence, all fauns are now identical in pose.) The fauns were restored Sept. 17, 1993 by Jensen Conservation Services, Inc. IAS files include related excerpts from Piland and Uguccioni's: "Fountains of Kansas City: A History and Love Affair," (Kansas City, MO:) City of Fountains Foundation, 1985, pg. 251-252. In 2004, Kansas City Adopt A Monument reported that all sculptures owned by the J. C. Nichols company should be changed to Highwoods Property. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994. "Walking Art Tour," Kansas City, MO: Plaza Merchants Association, n.d. (brochure). Kansas City Adopt A Monument, 2004. Illustration:  Image on file. Piland, Sherry & Ellen J. Uguccioni, "Fountains of Kansas City: A History and Love Affair," (Kansas City, MO:) City of Fountains Foundation, 1985, pg. 252. 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 71500250   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71500250 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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