Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain 1973 SALLY WOODBRIDGE Bronze Sculpture ~ Public Art ~ California ~ Bay Area

Title: Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain, Hyatt on Union Square

Author: Sally B. Woodbridge
Illustrator: photographs by Laurence Cuneo

Description: Second printing. Printed staple-bound wraps. Covers are lightly rubbed. Previous owner's name in pencil on title page, else clean. Fully illustrated, including a ''map'' of the sculpture. 47, [1] pages. 5.4 x 8.5 inches.

The story of the San Francisco Fountain, with descriptions and photographs of several of the various scenes depicted in this 1970 bronze sculpture by American sculptor Ruth Asawa (1926-2013). The fountain is located in downtown San Francisco on the brick stairs of the Grand Hyatt on Stockton Street. The sculpture depicts sixty-six different, interrelated locations and scenes in the city in bas-relief.

The booklet author, Sally Burke Woodbridge (1930-2019), participated in the creation of the fountain. She was an architectural historian and journalist and a longtime resident of Berkeley.

Binding: Staple bound
Condition: Very Good+

Place: [San Francisco]
Year: 1973

Keywords: Bay Area, architecture, bronze sculptures, city art, public art,