William Frazer Owen Junior Memorial - New Orleans, LA
N 29° 59.038 W 090° 05.827
15R E 780081 N 3320556
This sculpture of the nymph Chloe, was placed here in 1929. City Park has named this piece the Owen/Butler Memorial Fountain.
Waymark Code: WMD6GK
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2011
Views: 4
Sculpture is located in a fountain. Where the fountain is, is a very quiet area, close to City Park Ave. The Sculpture was placed in 1929, after the original sculpture in the fountain was broken. The entire piece was restored in 1994.
The description from the SIRIS states:
A nude female figure of Chloe sits on an ornamental bronze pedestal that sits within an octagonal cast iron pool. Her arms extend out before her. Her proper left hand may originally have held an object (flute?). The exterior sides of the fountain have a decorative relief design and are painted green.
TITLE: William Frazer Owen Junior Memorial
ARTIST(S): Wadere (sculptor)
DATE: Dedicated 1910. Figure of Chloe installed Nov. 29, 1929
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: bronze; Fountain: cast iron, painted
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 88350029
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
City Park
City Park Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70124
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