Du Pen Fountain

The Du Pen Fountain is a water fountain at the former Washington State Library building on the Washington State Capitol campus in Olympia, Washington, in the United States. The sculptor, Everett Du Pen (1912–2005),[1] was well known in the Northwest, and chairman of the Sculpture Department at the University of Washington when he was commissioned for the piece in 1955. The fountain is made of 900 pounds (410 kg) of copper-enriched bronze, green terrazzo, and cement.[2][3] An element of the fountain is a pair of salmon spitting water. The fountain, along with the nearby and much larger Tivoli Fountain replica, is shut down by the state property administration agency during summer droughts.[4][5] The artist also created the Fountain of Creation at the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair.[6] The Seattle fountain is also nicknamed Du Pen (or DuPen) Fountain.[7]

Du Pen Fountain
Fountain in 2020
ArtistEverett Du Pen
Yearc. 1955
Medium
  • Copper-enriched bronze
  • green terrazzo
  • cement
LocationPritchard Building, Washington State Capitol campus
Olympia, Washington, U.S.
OwnerState of Washington

References
  1. Diane Wright (June 10, 2005), "Sculptor Everett DuPen, 92, dies", The Seattle Times
  2. Reynolds 2002, p. 71.
  3. "Du Pen fountain". State of Washington Department of Enterprise Services. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  4. "Enterprise Services to Cut Campus Water Use 22 Percent". States News Service. June 19, 2015. Archived from the original on November 15, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2017 – via HighBeam.
  5. Jordan Schrader (May 18, 2015), "Expect dry fountains, brown lawns on Capitol Campus this summer due to drought", The Olympian
  6. "Artist biography". everettdupen.com. Du Pen family. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  7. Sanjay Bhatt (July 25, 2007), "Council balks at building skate park at Seattle Center fountain site", The Seattle Times

Bibliography
  • Reynolds, Maryan E. (2002), "The building and its art", The Dynamics of Change: A History of the Washington State Library, Washington State University Press, ISBN 9780874222487

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