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''Untitled'' is an outdoor 1952 fountain and sculpture by Tom Hardy, installed at the Park Blocks in
Tom Hardy's untitled fountain (1952) is installed at the northeast corner of Eugene's Park Blocks, near the intersection of 8th Avenue and Oak Street. The fountain's
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie River (Oregon), McKenzie and Willamette River, Willamette rivers, ...
, United States.
Description and history
Tom Hardy's untitled fountain (1952) is installed at the northeast corner of Eugene's Park Blocks, near the intersection of 8th Avenue and Oak Street. The fountain's bronze sculpture
Bronze is the most popular metal for Casting (metalworking), cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as w ...
depicts a school of fish, possibly salmon, jumping in and out of the water and measures approximately x , x . Surrounding the sculpture are five water jets. The fountain's base is made of concrete and embedded stones, and measures approximately x x .
The work was surveyed and deemed "well maintained" by the Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, Education center, education and Research institute, research centers, created by the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government "for the increase a ...
's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!
Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) was a community-based effort to identify, document, and conserve outdoor sculpture in the United States. The program was initiated in 1989 and ended in 1999.
History
Save Outdoor Sculpture! was initiated by Heri ...
" program in August 1993. It was administered the Cultural Services Division of the City of Eugene's Library, Recreation and Cultural Services Department at that time.
See also
*1952 in art
Events from the year 1952 in art.
Events
* August 29 – Composer John Cage's ''4′33″'', during which the performer does not play, premieres in Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock, New York.
* Eight younger British artists ( Robert Adams, Ke ...
* '' Hatfield Fountain'' (1989) by Tom Hardy, Lawrence Halprin
Lawrence Halprin (July 1, 1916 – October 25, 2009) was an American landscape architect, designer, and teacher.
Beginning his career in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, in 1949, Halprin often collaborated with a local circle of modernist ...
, and Scott Stickney (Salem, Oregon)
* ''Running Horses
''Running Horses'' is an outdoor 1986 bronze sculpture by Tom Hardy, located on the Transit Mall in downtown Portland, Oregon. It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture ...
'' (1986) by Tom Hardy (Portland, Oregon)
References
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