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The Wall of Death, (sculpture). Artist:  Baden, Mowry, 1936- , sculptor. Baden, Colin, architect. Title:  The Wall of Death, (sculpture). Dates:  1993. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted steel, aluminum, concrete. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 18 x 65 x 30 ft. Inscription:  (Cutout letters on steel drum:) THE WALL OF DEATH unsigned Description:  "On an oval slab poured between and engaging the bridge columns to the south of the bridge, are 10 new conical columns, each approx. 18 ft. tall. These columns support a steel drum (or track)...Two stylized metal chairs are attached to each of the 16 bridge support columns on the right side of the sculpture." The oval slab is concrete. The track is painted orange. The chairs, which are mounted high on the columns, are painted orange. Subject:  Abstract Object -- Furniture -- Chair Performing Arts -- Circus Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located Underneath University Bridge at the Burke-Gilman Trail, south of NE 40th Street, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  The installation is a result of the 1984 Seattle Arts Commission publication, "Artwork/Network, a Planning Study for Seattle: Art in the Civic Context". Funding for the project was provided by the Seattle City Light One Percent for Art. The "Wall of Death" is an historic reference to a carnival spectacle from the early 20th century, which featured motorcyclists racing on the sides of a vertical cylinder. IAS files contain copy of project description. 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 WA000509   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000509 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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