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Velocity, (sculpture). Artist:  Askman, Tom K., 1941- , sculptor. Title:  Velocity, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast bronze and carved brick. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Two bronze fire hoses mounted against the brick walls on either side of the entrance to a fire station. The hoses appear to be bursting out from the fire station's walls, breaking the bricks in various places. The hoses are aimed toward the entrance of the building and shoot water at the silhouette of a burning house suspended just above the entrance to the fire station. The sculpture is protected by the overhang of the fire station's roof. Subject:  Disaster -- Fire Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Architecture -- Domestic -- House Object -- Tool -- Hose Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Spokane Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Spokane, Arts Commission, West 808 Falls Boulevard, Spokane, Washington 99201-3333 Located Station 3, 1713 West Indiana, Spokane, Washington Remarks:  Commissioned by the Spokane Fire Department as part of the City of Spokane Percent for Art Program. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994. 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 WA000233   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000233 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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