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    		• Herter, Ernst,
     
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    		• Unknown (Austria),
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Heine, Heinrich
     
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    		• Ethnic -- German
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Literature -- Character
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Bronx
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Henrich Heine Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Herter, Ernst, 1846-1917, sculptor.
    Unknown (Austria), fabricator.
    Title: 
    Henrich Heine Fountain, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Lorelei Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1888. Dedicated July 8, 1899. Relocated 1940. Rededicated July 8, 1999.
    Medium: 
    Fountain: Tyrolian and Dover marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Fountain: approx. 19 ft. x 34 ft. 6 in. x 34 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On fountain:) HEINRICH HEINE/IHREM GROSSEN DICHTER DIE DEUTSCHEN/IN AMERIKA
    Description: 
    Topping a pedestal in the center of the fountain is a female figure representing the Lorelei. Below her is a portrait bust of Henrich Heine in low relief, and at the base of the pedestal are reclining mermaids. The subject of the fountain is taken from Heine's poem called "Die Lorelei" that tells the story of the siren who lured sailors to their death.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Heine, Heinrich -- Bust
    Ethnic -- German
    Occupation -- Writer
    Literature -- Character -- Mermaid
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Bronx
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
    Located Joyce Kilmer Park, Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York
    Remarks: 
    The fountain was commissioned in 1888 by Empress Elizabeth of Austria for German poet Henrich Heine's birthplace of Dusseldorf, Germany, but resistance to Heine's political beliefs prevented its installation. In 1893, the fountain was acquired for $35,000 by New York's German-Jewish community who then gave it to the City of New York. Unable to be placed in Central Park because the female figure was not considered properly clothed at the time, the fountain finally found a home in the Bronx's Joyce Kilmer Park. Originally, the fountain was installed at the southern end of the park, then known as the Grand Concourse Plaza, but after suffering from vandalism and neglect, the fountain fell into disrepair and was eventually moved to the northern end of the Joyce Kilmer Park in 1940. However, a $1.2 million dollar restoration project in the summer of 1999 resulted in the relocation of the fountain back to its original location. The images on file in the Inventories are 1982 photographs of the fountain from the Art Commission of the City of New York files.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 193.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1992.
    BronxTimes, July 15, 1999, pg. 4.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975, pg. 193.
    BronxTimes, July 15, 1999, pg. 4.
    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 76002776
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