Bartholdi's Fountain, (sculpture)

Object Details

artist

Bartholdi, A.

Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 12

No. 12.--BARTHOLDI'S FOUNTAIN. Architect, A. BARTHOLDI, of Paris.--Size, basin, 26 feet in diameter; height, 30 feet; statue, 11 feet. Situated in the Esplanade, in front of the main entrance to the grounds; constructed of iron, bronzed, and was cast in Paris by A. Durenne. In the center of the basin is erected a triangular pedestal, on the faces of which are aquatic monsters, and fishes spouting water. Upon the pedestal are three female Caryatides, supporting a basin thirteen feet in diameter, which receives the water from an upper basin upheld by three infant Tritons; the whole surmounted by a Mural Crown, through which the water flows. An illuminating apparatus is attached, in order to combine the effects of light and water. This fountain is intended to embody an allegorical representation of the elements of Water and Light. [P. 146; exhibited under heading: "Out-Door Works of Art."]

United States Centennial Commission. International Exhibition. 1876 Official Catalogue. Part II. Art Gallery, Annexes, and Out-Door Works of Art. Department IV.--Art. Sixth and Revised Edition. Philadelphia: Published for the Centennial Catalogue Company. By John R. Nagle and Company. Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1876.

Artist address: Paris, France.

1876

Control number

AECI 03024638

Type

Sculptures

Exhibition Catalogs

Medium

Iron/bronze

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

Topic

Fantasy

Mythology--Classical

Allegory--Element--Water

Allegory--Element--Light

Figure

Animal--Fish

Record ID

siris_aeci_62534

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