Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain
 Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain in 2010 | |
| Artist | Ruth Asawa |
|---|---|
| Year | 1970 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 2.3 m (90 in); 4.9 m diameter (193 in) |
| Condition | "Treatment needed" (1992) |
| Location | San Francisco, California, United States |
Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain, or sometimes simply San Francisco Fountain, is a 1970 bronze sculpture and fountain by Ruth Asawa, located outside the Grand Hyatt San Francisco in downtown San Francisco, California, in the United States. The cylinder-shaped sculpture, which serves as the outer wall of the fountain basin, features bas-relief scenes of San Francisco, "whimsically interrelated".[1] It measures approximately 90 inches (2.3 m) tall, with a diameter of 193 inches (4.9 m), and is set into a base of brick stairs. Albert Lanier served as the architect; credited assistants include Aiko Asawa, Haru Awara, Mae Lee, Mei Mei, Hector Villanueva, and Sally Woodbridge.[1]
The work was surveyed and labeled "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program in September 1992.[1]
In May 2016, Apple completed construction of a new flagship store on the northwest corner of Post & Stockton Streets. The project included renovating the public space located between the new store and a hotel on the southwest corner of Sutter & Stockton Streets. The renovated public open space now includes wooden tables, chairs, planters with trees, a “living wall”, a new mutil-color “LOVE” sculpture and Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain. Some restoration and preservation work on the fountain appears to have been done as part of the project.
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- 1 2 3 "Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain, (sculpture).". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved August 28, 2013.