Mother Nature - Hot Springs, Arkansas
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BruceS
N 34° 30.980 W 093° 03.213
15S E 495085 N 3819410
Sculpture as center piece of a fountain supplied by a hot spring in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Waymark Code: WMB0EK
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 03/19/2011
Views: 4
The sculpture is of a woman pouring water from an urn. She holds the urn over her shoulder. A young boy standing behind her reaches out for the water. Three deer are standing around them. The water for the fountain come from a hot spring with an average temperature of 143 degrees.
The sculpture is in the median of Central Avenue which is often very busy. Be careful when visiting this waymark.
TITLE: Mother Nature
ARTIST(S): Xu Long Hua
DATE: Commissioned 1992. 1992-1993. Dedicated June 3, 1993.
MEDIUM: Fountain sculpture: fiberglass resin and marble dust composite, painted, steel and chicken wire
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS AR000321
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Central Avenue median near Fountain Street, Hot Springs, Arkansas
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Nothing noted
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