Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain - San Francisco, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
N 37° 47.331 W 122° 24.422
10S E 552210 N 4182553
An elaborate fountain by the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco.
Waymark Code: WM7MG8
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member condor1
Views: 11

The fountain is currently empty for the Winter. It's incorporated in the stairs of the hotel. The inventory describes it as a "Cylindrical bronze sculpture which is the outer wall of a fountain basin. The sculpture features bas-relief scenes of San Francisco whimsically interrelated."
TITLE: Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain

ARTIST(S): Asawa, Ruth, 1926- , sculptor. Lee, Mae, assistant. Mei, Mei, assistant. Woodbridge, Sally, assistant. Asawa, Aiko, assistant. Asawa, Haru, assistant. Villanueva, Hector, assistant. Lanier, Albert, architect.

DATE: 1969-1970.

MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: brick.

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA001710

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Hyatt Hotel, 345 Stockton Street, San Francisco, California 94108


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Hotel is now known as the Grand Hyatt.


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