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Fountain of Time

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Savannah
May 5, 2015
A sculpture by Lorado Taft, inspired by Henry Austin Dobson's poem, "Paradox of Time", The sculpture is a contributing structure to the Washington Park United States Registered Historic District.
Gregory
November 15, 2016
"Artist Lorado Taft’s sculptural allegory of humanity’s relationship with time positions a tall, imposing figure across a reflecting pool from a 110-foot-long mass of figures representing the universal human themes of love, war and the cycle of life. This sea of humanity appears to strain in unison across the void toward the solitary figure." -CityofChicago.org
"Artist Lorado Taft’s sculptural allegory of humanity’s relationship with time positions a tall, imposing figure across a reflecting pool from a 110-foot-long mass of figures representing the universal human themes of love, war and the cycle of life. This sea of humanity appears to strain in unison…
Wesley
April 17, 2019
Measuring 126 feet 10 inches (38.66 m) in length, the sculpture was inspired by Henry Austin Dobson's poem, "Paradox of Time.” With its 100 figures passing before Father Time, the work was created as a monument to the first 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain, resulting from the Treaty of Ghent in 1814.
Lesa
November 7, 2017
A hundred figures moving in procession while a statue of "Father Time" looks down from across a reflection pool.
Iverson
August 6, 2019
Amazing historic sculpture, take a few pics!

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Location
6000 S Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago, IL
Washington Park