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    		• Yandell, Enid,
     
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    		• Gorham Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Religion -- Angel
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Allegory -- Religion
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Allegory -- Passion
     
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    		• Homage -- Bajnotti, Paul, Mrs. (Caroline Mathilde Brown)
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Carrie Brown Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Yandell, Enid, 1870-1934, sculptor.
    Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Title: 
    The Carrie Brown Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Bajnotti Fountain, (sculpture).
    Bajnotti Fountain: Struggle of Life, (sculpture).
    Struggle of Life, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1899. Modeled 1900. Cast 1900. Dedicated June 26, 1901.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Basin: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 17 ft. x Diam. 6 ft.; Basin: approx. H. 3 ft. x Diam. 20 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Back of sculpture, lower right:) Enid Yandell S. (Around the basin:) ERECTED AD MDCCCC A GIFT TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF CARRIE MATHILDE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE NICHOLAS BROWN OF PROVIDENCE FROM HER HUSBAND PAUL BAJNOTTI OF TURIN ITALY signed
    Description: 
    A bronze sculpture depicting four allegorical figures representing the "Struggle of Life" is installed in the center of a large round granite basin. The Angel of Life with mantle of truth over shoulders struggles with three male nude figures representing earthly tendencies: Duty, Passion, and Avarice. The sculpture is bathed by water from a spray ring with 234 spray outlets mounted in the granite basin. Water also flows from a pinnacle outlet into an upper basin and then into the lower basin.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Religion -- Angel
    Allegory -- Life
    Allegory -- Religion -- Soul
    Allegory -- Quality -- Obedience
    Allegory -- Passion -- Avarice
    Homage -- Bajnotti, Paul, Mrs. (Caroline Mathilde Brown)
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Providence
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Providence, Department of Parks, Dalrymple Boathouse, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island 02905
    Located City Hall Park, Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island
    Remarks: 
    The fountain was erected through the 1898 bequest of Italian diplomat Paul Bajnotti, in memory of his wife, Caroline Mathilde Brown. A plaster cast of this fountain was displayed at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo.
    Conservation: 
    Treated 2000 October-November. Conserv/Art (Hamden, CT). Treatment report on file with owner.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1993.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, RI0037, 1989.
    Freeman, Robert, and Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence: Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 49.
    SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1999.
    SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2001.
    Darst, Stephanie, "The Sculpture of Enid Yandell," Louisville, KY: J. B. Speed Art Museum, 1993, pg. 26.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Freeman, Robert, and Vivienne Lasky, "Hidden Treasure: Public Sculpture in Providence," Providence: Rhode Island Bicentennial Foundation, 1980, pg. 49.
    Darst, Stephanie, "The Sculpture of Enid Yandell," Louisville, KY: J. B. Speed Art Museum, 1993, pg. 10.
    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 77001760
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