Wednesday, February 23, 2011

George Tsutakawa 1970 Fountain - Seven Flowers

Siris-artinventories.si.edu Artist: Tsutakawa, George, 1910-1997, sculptor. Uchida, Jack, engineer. Title: Fountain, (sculpture). Other title: (Pacific First Federal Fountain), (sculpture). Date: 1970. Medium Fountain: bronze, concrete and light; Basin: concrete and brick. Size: Fontana: Approx H. 4 feet 2 1 / 2 "W x 7 ft. 6 in. diam. 4 feet 6 inches; basin: about 1 foot 2 inches x 7 feet 6 inches x HW diam. 4 ft 1 1 / 2 inches Inscription: Size (in metal ring fountain from the elements,raised letters:) 1970 / G. TSUTAKAWA sculptor J. UCHIDA Engr. Signed Description: A well, comprising seven abstract forms, each module has a small flower in the middle of a larger oval. Water flows from each of the flowers. The abstract shapes on the contributions of unequal height, and is mounted on a metal ring in the middle of a round pool with concrete edge of bricks. At the center of the circle of abstract forms, three spotlights. Subject: Summary - geometric objectCategory: Outdoor Sculpture - Washington - Bellevue fountain sculpture Owner: Washington Mutual Savings Bank, 10550 NE 8th Street, Bellevue, Washington 98004 Provenance: Ex Pacific First Federal Savings Bank subsidiary. Comments: File IAS contains articles that Kingsbury Martha's by George Tsutakawa, Bellevue, WA: Bellevue Art Museum, 1990, pg 97.. For more details, see the video of Kenneth Mark Levine, "Northwest Visionaries", Seattle: Iris Films, 1979 . Washington Mutual Savings...



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