Harry L. Johnson Memorial Fountain - Binghamton, NY - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

"A bronze fountain sculpture of a little boy kneeling on his proper left leg with the head of a fish resting on his knee. The fish's body runs down the front of the little boy's thigh and the fish's tail curls around the little boy's calf. The little boy holds the fish's mouth open with his proper right hand, and water sprays out from the fish's open mouth. Around the boy's head is a wreath of shells. The bronze sculpture is mounted on a circular concrete base within a cast stone basin that collects the fountain water, which then spills over into a rectangular reflecting pool. At the west end of the pool is a semicircular cast stone bench."

TITLE: Harry L. Johnson Memorial Fountain ARTIST(S): Charles Keck sculptor, DATE: 1923 MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete; Fountain basin: cast stone; Bench: cast stone. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY000764 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Beethoven ST., Recreation Park, Binghamton, NY 13905 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: From wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreation_Park_(Binghamton): "The reflecting pool and its sculpture, Boy with Fish, were restored in 2004 (the latter by the Binghamton University art department through a grant from the Rose-Ross University and Community Projects Fund)."

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