23: Bailey Fountain

Bailey Fountain
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Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NYC, NY.
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✎ Built in 1932 by architect Edgerton Swarthout and sculptor Eugene Francis Savage (1883-1978) -- renovated in 2005 and 2006. Named after Brooklyn-based financier and philanthropist Frank Bailey (1865-1953), who funded it as a memorial to his wife Mary Louise. It features an elaborate grouping of allegorical and mythical figures that includes the god of water Neptune and a pair of nudes, one male, one female, representing Wisdom and Felicity.

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7 comments so far...

Fizgig January 10, 2018, 07:50 PM

Companion Photo (clickable):

lucky schmid January 11, 2018, 10:06 AM

great shot

Sonja January 11, 2018, 01:38 PM

Funny, a nekkid male on a public memorial to some rich american's wife.

Was there no moral outcry and troubles when the thing was new?

I like how you got the water splash with it.

Fizgig January 11, 2018, 04:22 PM

Sonja.... Well.... He is wearing a leaf.... Soooo.... LOL! I dunno about the outcry stuff, but I will agree it's an odd way to memorialize a wife. Maybe she was an art connoisseur or something. I didn't dig too deep 'cause I didn't really care ;)

Sonja January 12, 2018, 12:24 PM

Oh, a leaf! Then he does not count as a nude -- LOL
But he got a really nice patina colour.

Marvin Matthews January 13, 2018, 06:46 PM

Lovely fountain. I'm sure I know exactly what you mean. I made a little statement, and I was taken apart by one you probably would recognize. Patched things up and moved on. I must spend more time here -- and I will. Thank Fiz for visiting and kind remarks.