Administered by City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Works 611 Second Avenue Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15222
Located University of Pittsburgh Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building, front courtyard Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15260
Date:
1918
Notes:
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 178-179.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0198, PA0057,1989.
Monumental News, Jan. and May 1913; Feb. and Sept. 1914; Dec. 1918.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
SOS Assessment Award, 1999.
Image on file.
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 233-234.
Monumental News, Dec. 1918, cover.
(Figure of Pan, below proper left knee:) V BRENNER SCULPT 1916 (Edge of lower basin:) A Song to Nature, Pan the Earth God Answers to The Harmony and Magic Tones Sung to the Lyre by Sweet Harmony (Plaque on inside of fountain basin:) TO THE MEMORY OF/MARY E. SCHENLEY/DONOR OF THIS PARK signed
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Summary:
Fountain features a seated figure of Pan and a smaller delicate figure of Humanity playing a lyre and almost floating above Pan. She is nude to the waist where long flowing drapery begins. The bearded figure of Pan sits on a rock below her. Both figures rest atop a low pedestal adorned with decorative plates. The sculpture sits in the middle of a circular basin. Around the rim of the basin are four turtles which spew water into a larger fountain basin below.
