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Saarinen, Lilian,
Animal -- Cougar
Literature -- Kipling
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Bagheera Fountain, (sculpture).
Artist:
Saarinen, Lilian, 1912- , sculptor.
Title:
Bagheera Fountain, (sculpture).
Dates:
1939. Dedicated Oct. 27, 1986.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 32 x 16 x 16 in.; Base: approx. H. 57 in. x Diam. 60 in.
Inscription:
(Proper left, base top:) Lilian Swann '39 (Proper right base:) BASKY F'DRY NY signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A mountain lion, sitting on two hind legs, its proper right paw holds the proper right wing-tip of an owl in flight. Sculpture was inspired by Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book."
Subject:
Animal -- Cougar
Literature -- Kipling -- Jungle Book
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
Located Boston Public Garden, Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The sculpture was designed by Saarinen early in her career and provided by the artist prior to her death. The sculpture was a gift of the Friends of the Public Garden and Common, and friends of the late Isabella Grandin.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990.
Boston Art Commission, 1991.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, 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 87710007
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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