Bagheera Fountain
Appearance
Bagheera Fountain | |
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Artist | Lilian Swann Saarinen |
Year | 1939 |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
42°21′15″N 71°04′09″W / 42.354141°N 71.069134°W |
Bagheera Fountain is a 1939 fountain by Lilian Swann Saarinen, installed in Boston's Public Garden, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
Description and history
[edit]Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894), the fountain features a bronze sculpture of a mountain lion and owl, measuring approximately 32 x 16 x 16 in. The statue rests on a polished granite base that is approximately 57 in. tall and has a diameter of 60 in. The fountain was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bagheera Fountain, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
External links
[edit]Media related to Bagheera Fountain at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1939 sculptures
- Boston Public Garden
- Bronze sculptures in Massachusetts
- Sculptures of cats
- Fountains in Massachusetts
- Granite sculptures in Massachusetts
- Outdoor sculptures in Boston
- Sculptures of birds in Massachusetts
- Statues in Boston
- Statues of fictional characters
- Works based on The Jungle Book
- Animal sculptures in Massachusetts
- Sculptures of owls
- Massachusetts building and structure stubs
- Massachusetts sculpture stubs