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    		• Beck, Larry,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Hunter
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Animal -- Seal
     
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    		• Animal -- Walrus
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Atala Kivliktwok Okitun Dukik, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Beck, Larry, 1938-1994, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Atala Kivliktwok Okitun Dukik, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Just Like the Golden Shiny Money Moon, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1976. Copyrighted 1977.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: welded sheet steel, painted; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 11 ft. 10 in. x L. 18 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On inside of disc-shaped piece on north end, embossed:) BECK (copyright symbol) 1977 (On horizontal piece on bottom:) ATALA KIVLIKTWOK OKITUM DUKIK (On bronze plaque embedded in concrete base in front of sculpture:) ATALA KIVLIKTWOK OKITUN DUKIK/LAWRENCE J. BECK/COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE/WES UHLMAN, MAYOR/A 1 % FOR ART PROJECT/PROPERTY OF SEATTLE CITY LIGHT/GORDON VICKERY, SUPERINTENDENT signed
    Description: 
    Abstract steel sculpture painted yellow. Flat surfaces of the sculpture are embossed with primitive drawings depicting simple designs and scenes of Eskimos fishing and hunting seal and walrus. The sculpture sits on a flat, round concrete base which is flush with the lawn around it.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Inuit
    Occupation -- Hunter
    Occupation -- Industry -- Fishing
    Animal -- Seal
    Animal -- Walrus
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109
    Located Upper Golden Gardens Park, West end of Seaview Place North, Seattle, Washington
    Remarks: 
    The title of the sculpture is in Yukik, a Malemute Indian dialect, and translates into English as "Golden Shiny Money Moon". The sculpture was commissioned by the City of Seattle and funded as a Percent for Art program.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.
    Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 229.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington, 1992, pg. 229.
    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 WA000540
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