Mount Zion Baptist Church 1634 19th Avenue Seattle Washington 98122
Date:
1987. Dedicated Nov. 22, 1987
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995.
Karlstrom, Paul J., "The Spirit in the Stone: The Visionary Art of James W. Washington Jr.," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1989.
Image on file.
Karlstrom, Paul J., "The Spirit in the Stone: The Visionary Art of James W. Washington, Jr.," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1989, pg. 75.
J.W.W. JR./1987 signed
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Summary:
One large central stone with three small outlying stones. The sculpture is carved with numerous symbols, including a human figure, painted in greens and blues with a dark red heart; a lamb, symbolizing Christ; eyes; arrows; numbers; circles; a triangle; a wheel, symbolizing the wheel that Ezekiel saw; and an ankh.
