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Sculptor:
Bassett, George 1929-  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Basin: concrete and stone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Blue Earth Chamber of Commerce 119 North Main Street, Suite 1 & 2 Blue Earth Minnesota 56013
Located Putnam Park Near corners of West 14th & South Main Streets Blue Earth Minnesota
Date:
Dedicated Sept. 21, 1979
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
Image on file.
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.
Summary:
A fountain with a girl seated on a rock in the middle of the top level of a terraced basin. She holds her hands out slightly on either side for balance, her proper left foot rests on a small rock while her proper right foot dangles. Her hair is in a pony-tail and she wears a sleeveless, mid-thigh length jumper. The water once came from behind the girl and poured into the top basin, flowing from there down the terraces to the two basins below. There is a fence around the fountain.
Topic:
Figure female--Child--Full length  Search this
Control number:
IAS MN000375
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_333114