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Sculptor:
Taft, Lorado Zadoc 1860-1936  Search this
Medium:
Georgia marble
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Bloomington Parks & Recreation 109 East Olive Bloomington Illinois 61702
Located Withers Park East and Washington Streets Bloomington Illinois 61702
Date:
Commissioned 1909.; 1910-1911.; Dedicated May 30, 1911
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0136, 1989.
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL), Feb. 17, 1910.
The Sunday Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL), June 10, 1928.
Monumental News, Jan., 1910, pg.23.
Image on file.
(On base, above bear cub:) THIS FOUNTAIN/PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON/UNDER THE WILL OF JAMES TROTTER/HIS MOTHER ANN TROTTER HIS BROTHER JOHN W./AND HIS SISTERS MARIA.ANN.AND GEORGINA/1911 unsigned
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:
Eight figures in high relief surrounding a base. The figures represent three phases of life: childhood, animal life, and pioneer life. At each end is an Indian maiden, with an urn upon her shoulder from which the stream of water runs into the basin below. At her feet is a playful Indian child, and between the children are figures of a dog and a bear cub.
Topic:
Homage--Trotter, John, family of  Search this
Children  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Animal--Dog  Search this
Animal--Bear  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76008068
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_18840