Fountain of Time
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Fountain of Time is a monumental early 20th-century public sculpture in Chicago depicting a procession of human figures passing before a towering personification of Time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fountain of Time canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical sculpture
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outdoor sculpture ⓘ public sculpture ⓘ |
| artMovement | Beaux-Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Concrete sculptures in the United States
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Monuments and memorials in Chicago ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Illinois ⓘ Sculptures in Chicago ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Benjamin Ferguson Fund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1920 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Lorado Taft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
personification of Time
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procession of human figures ⓘ |
| genre | allegory of time ⓘ |
| hasInscription | "Time goes, you say? Ah no!" (paraphrased from Dobson) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
more than 100 human figures
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towering robed figure of Time ⓘ |
| hasRestoration | yes ⓘ |
| hasType | early 20th-century sculpture ⓘ |
| height | approximately 24 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Chicago Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| inception | 1910 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Henry Austin Dobson poem "Paradox of Time" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | approximately 126 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ South Side, Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Midway Plaisance
NERFINISHED
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University of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
concrete
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reinforced concrete ⓘ terra cotta aggregate ⓘ |
| owner | Chicago Park District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| restorationDate | early 2000s ⓘ |
| sculptor | Lorado Taft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
human life cycle
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passage of time ⓘ |
| unveiled | 1922 ⓘ |
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