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Tree Grate Museum: Little Leaf Linden, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Edwards, Garth 1950-  Search this
Founder:
Urban Accessories  Search this
Medium:
Cast iron
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Metro Arts Program 821 2nd Avenue Seattle Washington 98104
Located Convention Place Station Pine Street & 9th Avenue 9th Avenue sidewalk between Pine & Terry Seattle Washington
Date:
1987
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.
Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 104, 107; and James Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 25, 36.
Image on file.
(On lower right corner of grate:) GARTH EDWARDS (Above border on each side of grate) LITTLE LEAF LINDEN (On plaque beside grate:) LITTLE LEAF LINDEN/Tilia cordata/TREE GRATE DESIGN GARTH EDWARDS, 1990/ LINDENS LOCATED ON THIRD AVENUE/BETWEEN UNION & CHERRY STREETS/.DOWNTOWN SEATTLE TRANSIT PROJECT. signed
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Four-sectioned cast iron grate around the trunk of a tree. Two of the four sides of the grate have borders of stylized linden leaves in relief. Horizontal grating runs between the two borders. Beside the grate is a plaque with bas-reliefs of a linden tree on the left and a linden leaf on the right. The plaque and the grate are set directly into the sidewalk.
Topic:
Object--Foliage--Linden  Search this
Control number:
IAS WA000343
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_335395