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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Royal Oak
     
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    Horace H. Rackham Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Parducci, Corrado Joseph, 1900-1981, sculptor.
    Schnaple, Frederick A., 1872-1948, designer.
    Title: 
    Horace H. Rackham Memorial Fountain, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Rackham Fountain, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Erected 1938. 1939.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculptures and fountain: bronze and granite; Pool: lined with blue Pewabic tile.
    Dimensions: 
    Central bear group: approx. 24 x 12 x 12 ft.; Seal, each: approx. H. 4 ft. x Diam. 3 1/2 ft; Drinking fountain: approx. H. 7 1/2 ft. x W. 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Inscribed on drinking fountain facade:) A MEMORIAL TO/HORACE H. RACKHAM/FIRST PRESIDENT DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL COMMISSION/A LOVER OF NATURE AND ALL MANKIND/ERECTED 1936.
    Description: 
    Large fountain pool with central grouping of two bears standing upright with paws around pedestal supporting two basins. Four life-size turtles and four frogs on lotus pads surround the bears at base. At either end of the fountain pool are two smaller fountains of seals perched on rocks. The fountain pool and surrounding balustrade are granite. A granite drinking fountain with commemorative text is at one end. On the drinking fountain, water falls from a lion's mouth into half-shell basin. Mermaids with plant scroll tails are carved into the side panels of the drinking fountain.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bear
    Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog
    Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle
    Animal -- Seal
    Animal -- Lion
    Literature -- Character -- Mermaid
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Royal Oak
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Detroit Zoological Park, 8450 West Ten Mile Road, Royal Oak, Michigan
    Remarks: 
    Horace H. Rackham (1858-1933) served as first president of the Zoological Commission from 1924 to 1928. His widow, Mary Rachkam, presented the fountain and reflecting pool to the zoo.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1994.
    Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 139 (detail of bear grouping only).
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 139.
    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 87840042
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