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    William Frazer Owen Junior Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wadere, sculptor.
    Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Works, fabricator.
    J. W. Fiske Iron Works, fabricator. (possibly by)
    Title: 
    William Frazer Owen Junior Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Owen Fountain, (sculpture).
    Chloe, (sculpture).
    Unfortunate Boot, (sculpture).
    Boy with the Boot, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1910. Figure of Chloe installed Nov. 29, 1929.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: bronze; Fountain: cast iron, painted.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 49.5 x 19.7 x 24.5 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. x 23.25 in. x 28 in.
    Inscription: 
    Wadere (Plaque on fountain:) WILLIAM FRAZER OWEN, JR./MEMORIAL/PRESENTED TO THE CITY PARK/BY HIS PARENTS/1910 signed
    Description: 
    A nude female figure of Chloe sits on an ornamental bronze pedestal that sits within an octagonal cast iron pool. Her arms extend out before her. Her proper left hand may originally have held an object (flute?). The exterior sides of the fountain have a decorative relief design and are painted green.
    Subject: 
    Mythology -- Classical -- Chloe
    Homage -- Owen, William Frazer, Jr.
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City Park Improvement Association, 1 Palm Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124
    Located City Park, City Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana
    Remarks: 
    Originally a figure of a young boy, with boot on his proper left shoulder sat within the fountain. (That statue, titled "The Unfortunate Boot," may have been by J. W. Fiske Iron Works). The "boy with boot" statue was found broken in 1929, and replaced by the Chloe figure on November 29, 1929. IAS files contain photocopy of image from Historic New Orleans Collection, published in Sally K. Evans Reeves & William D. Reeves' "Historic City Park: New Orleans," 1982, which shows Owen Memorial Fountain in 1910, with the Unfortunate Boot sculpture in place. That text suggests that Weiblen erected the fountain. For further information see City Park archives, minutes of the board 1920-29.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993.
    Cocke, Edward J., "Monumental New Orleans," New Orleans: La Fayette Pub., 1968.
    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 88350029
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