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Jean-Claude Marchionni Stone Sculptor
A large carved limestone turtle set in the shallow splash pool of a city playground, a jet of water rising from its stepped, spiraling shell; children play at the pool's edge, with green park benches, a black iron fence, and a rough stone wall behind.

Statuary

Turtle Fountain, NYC

Limestone · 1998 · Riverside Park, New York, NY

A turtle carved as a playground fountain for Riverside Park — the shell rises in stepped rings to the water jet, the head and heavy forefeet left broad and rounded for small hands. Its carving, from rough block to finished form, is shown below.

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