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Boy & Girl Fountain
Janssen Park, Mena, Polk County, Arkansas
Artist: E. T. Barnum Wire and Iron Work, founder.
Title: (Boy and Girl Fountain), (sculpture).
Date: ca. 1914. Dedicated April 1914.
Medium: Sculpture: cast zinc, painted; Umbrella: sheet copper with iron
stem; Base: concrete.
Owner: Administered by City of Mena, Parks Department, Mena, Arkansas
Located Janssen Park, Mena, Arkansas |
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From the
Smithsonian Art Inventory Catalogue: A fountain sculpture of a boy
and girl standing under an umbrella atop a patch of grass and rocks. The
boy is barefoot and has short hair. He is bare-chested and wears pants
that are rolled up at the knees. He holds the open umbrella's handle
with his two hands. The girl stands behind him, to the boy's proper
left. She is barefoot, wears a kerchief over her head, and a
loose-fitting, knee-length, short-sleeved dress, that is slipping off
her proper left shoulder. She holds the hem of her dress in her proper
left hand and has her proper right hand around the boy's arm. A large
concrete frog sits in front of the girl's feet, while a smaller frog
sits behind the children. The fountain rests on a cylindrical base in a
circular basin. Water once rose up through the umbrella stem and spouted
out the top of the umbrella. The piece
was damaged in a Nov. 1993 tornado. The umbrella is a replacement
fabricated of sheet copper.
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Preserved with support from local citizens, save outdoor sculpture,
Target Stores, and the National Endowment for the Arts. SOSI is a
project of Heritage preservation and Smithsonian American Art Museum. |
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E.T. Barnum Wire & Iron Works - Detroit, Michigan
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