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    		• Edwards, Garth,
     
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    		• Urban Accessories,
     
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    		• Object -- Foliage
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Tree Grate Museum: Little Leaf Linden, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Edwards, Garth, 1950- , sculptor.
    Urban Accessories, founder.
    Title: 
    Tree Grate Museum: Little Leaf Linden, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Little Leaf Linden, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1987.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Cast iron.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. L. 59 3/4 in. x W. 59 3/4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (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
    Description: 
    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.
    Subject: 
    Object -- Foliage -- Linden
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    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
    Remarks: 
    The grate is one of five representing different species of trees in the downtown Seattle area. The sculpture was funded by the Downtown Seattle Transit Project. SOS! survey reports execution date of 1987; plaque near grate cites date as 1990.
    References: 
    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.
    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 WA000343
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