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Jensen, Ray F.,
Figure male -- Full length
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Renton
Sculpture
Stiltwalker, (sculpture).
Artist:
Jensen
,
Ray
F.,
1929-
,
sculptor
.
Title:
Stiltwalker, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1984.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: silicon bronze (?); Foundation: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 116 x 75 x 51 in.; Foundation: approx. W. 96 in. x D. 95 in.
Inscription:
(Bronze plaque on foundation, raised letters:) STILTWALKER/1984/
RAY
JENSEN
unsigned
Description:
A man on stilts walks forward with his proper right leg and stilt extended behind him. The sculpture rests on two horizontal rods that are set at an angle to each other. The rods are embedded in a flat concrete foundation.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Stilt Walking
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Renton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Renton, Renton Municipal Arts Commission, 200 Mill Avenue South, Renton, Washington 98055
Located Liberty Park, Next to library, near Bronson Way North & Meadow Avenue North, Renton, Washington
Remarks:
The sculpture was purchased with One Percent for Art funds. IAS files contain a related article from the Chronicle (Washington), Jan. 1, 1984, pg. A2; and a copy of the Renton Municipal Arts Commission's brochure entitled "City of Renton, A Guide to City-Owned Art in Public Places," Renton, WA, which describes other Renton Art in Public Places pieces.
For related information see the Seattle Art Commission's "A Field Guide to Seattle's Public Art," Seattle: Seattle Art Commission, 1991; "A Directory of Seattle's Public Art," Seattle, 1992; and James Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
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.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS WA000262
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
WA000262
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