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Fabricator:
Northwestern Terra Cotta Company  Search this
Medium:
Terra cotta
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Located Fort Collins Old Power Plant Fort Collins Colorado
On loan to Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado
Lent by City of Fort Collins 417 Magnolia Street, Lincoln Center Fort Collins Colorado 80521
Date:
1934. Installed 1936
Notes:
Inventory staff, 2001.
SOS Assessment Award, 2000.
Summary:
An Art Deco fountain with a large obelisk in the center of a circular fountain basin. Mid-way up the obelisk are four terra cotta fish heads that spout water, which splashes down over four gargoyles positioned around the base of the obelisk. Around the rim of the fountain basin are eight scrolls with nozzles that spout water toward the obelisk in the center.
Topic:
Animal--Fish  Search this
Fantasy--Monster  Search this
Control number:
IAS 71500503
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_351890