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Firefighter Silhouettes, (sculpture). Artist:  Askman, Tom K., 1941- , sculptor. Title:  Firefighter Silhouettes, (sculpture). Dates:  1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze on zinc; Base: bronze on zinc. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 72 in. x 1/2 in.; Base: approx. H. 18 in. x W. 1/2 in. x Diam. 36 in. Description:  Two silhouettes of firefighters placed on second-story corners of a fire station. One silhouette shows a firefighter in proper right profile. In his hands he holds a hose nozzle; he directs the water spray up to the right. The other silhouette depicts a firefighter in proper left profile. He is shown rescuing a child. He holds the child in front of him in his arms; only the child's legs and hands are visible. Both silhouettes stand behind a semi-circular base of abstract flames. The bronze over zinc sculptures are attached directly to the side of the building. Subject:  Figure -- Full length Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Disaster -- Fire Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located Seattle Fire Station # 10, Second Avenue South and South Main Street, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  SOS! survey indicated two silhouettes; Rupp and Seattle Arts Commission indicate there are three. The sculpture was funded by the Department of Administrative Services One 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. 34. Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 94. Illustration:  Image on file. Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 95. 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 WA000528   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000528 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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