Sculpture: stainless steel; Basin: blue tile and concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Seattle Seattle Arts Commission 312 1st Avenue North Seattle Washington 98109
Located Water Department Operations Center Airport Way South & Lander Street Seattle Washington
Date:
1971. Dedicated 1975
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995.
Image on file.
Rupp, James M. "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 262.
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Summary:
A fountain sculpture of two tubes, curved to form a figure 8 without the top. The water gushing out of the tubes completes the figure eight, by 'closing' the top. The water spills into a rectangular basin with rounded corners. The tubes run out over the basin rim and into the ground. There is a large valve at the edge of the basin next to each tube.