Dinny O’Hearn Fountain 1981

Maker unknown

Registration number

1091147

Artist/maker

Maker unknown

Title

Dinny O’Hearn Fountain

Production date

1981

Medium

cast iron, enamel

Dimensions (H x W x D)

100 x 70 cm

Inscriptions

Circular plaque: In memory of D. J. O''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''Hearn 14.3.37 - 15.7.93 / `Dinny`/ Erected by his friends and the City of Melbourme

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Dinny O’Hearn, University of Melbourne, Jimmy Watson's Wine Bar, Lygon Street, Elgin Street

Summary

Location: Lygon St, Carlton, near the intersection with Elgin Street This small cast-iron fountain is named in honour of Dinny O’Hearn, an Irish-Australian literary critic and man of letters who had a long association with the nearby University of Melbourne. O’Hearn and much of Melbourne’s literary establishment of his generation has also enjoyed a long association with Jimmy Watson’s, the wine bar outside of which the fountain is sited. O’Hearn died in 1993, at the age of 56.