Untermyer Fountain, Bronze fountain in Conservatory Garden, Central Park, US
The Untermyer Fountain is a bronze cast of Walter Schott's Three Dancing Maidens, completed in Germany before 1910, set on a limestone base in the Conservatory Garden. Three young women hold hands in a circle, their dresses clinging to their bodies as if wet from spray. The oval pool carries three jets: two at its sides and a larger one at the centre of the sculpture.
The fountain was created by German sculptor Walter Schott and originally stood on the Untermyer estate in Yonkers. Following Samuel Untermyer's death in 1940, his children donated the work to Central Park.
The sculpture is Walter Schott's Three Dancing Maidens, a bronze cast made in Germany before 1910 and named after lawyer Samuel Untermyer. The three women hold hands in a circle, their dresses clinging to their bodies as if wet from the fountain's spray. The piece is a stop on walking tours of Central Park.
The fountain is easily accessible through two entrances: the North Garden entrance at 106th Street and Fifth Avenue, or the main entrance at 105th Street. Both paths lead through the Conservatory Garden where the sculpture is clearly visible.
The bronze figures appear to wear clinging wet drapery created by the fountain's continuous water spray. This effect produces an unusual visual quality that makes the dancers appear even more dynamic and lifelike in motion.
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