Pool of Enchantment - San Francisco, California - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

This work consists of four parts, the young man playing a reed flute, the cats listening, the island of vegetation, and the pool (The Pool of Enchantment).
The animals are lifelike bronze statues of native California mountain lions. The young man does not look like any particular person or ethnic group, portraying the better nature common to all humanity. Since the sculpture was first placed in 1894, the ferns and reeds have had to be replanted, but the original boulders and turtle-sunning rocks remain the same. The entire Pool of Enchantment had to be moved a few hundred feet for the reconstruction of the De Young Museum and a new basin for the pool was then built.
The sculptor was Earl Cummings, (given name Melvin Earl Cummings) who created several other works of art for Golden Gate Park.

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Pool of Enchantment Figure Type: Combination of two figure types Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Earl Cummings Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1894 Materials used: bronze, rock, and plantings Location: Golden Gate Park, side of De Young Art Museum

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