The Untermeyer Fountain, (sculpture)

Object Details

sculptor

Schott, Walter 1861-1938

founder

H. Gladenbeck & Sohn

Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 234.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.

Image on file.

Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 234.

(On vertical edge of bronze basin:) Walter Schott (On north side of basin:) Aktien-Geselleschaft/Gladenbeck/ Berlin-Friedrichshagen signed Founder's mark appears.

Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1910.

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

Three female figures dance in a circle with their hands almost clasp together. They dance on the rim of the fountain basin while water shoots up in the center. Below the basin rim is a limestone base which is decorated with garland swags and three lion-head masks from which water jets into an oval basin below. Traces of gold leaf may be visible on the undersides of some of the figures.

Cast before 1910. Dedicated March 6, 1947

Control number

IAS 87870166

Type

Sculptures-Fountain

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Medium

Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone

Owner/Location

Administered by City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation The Arsenal - Central Park New York New York 10021

Located Central Park Conservatory Gardens New York New York

Title

Fountain of the Three Dancing Maidens, (sculpture)

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

Figure group--Female

Recreation--Dancing

Record ID

siris_ari_302810

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