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    		• Beyer, Richard,
     
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    		• Adams, John,
     
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    		• Hoge, John,
     
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    		• Beyer, Charles,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Haglund, Ivar
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Object -- Furniture
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Ivar Feeding the Gulls, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Beyer, Richard, 1925-2012, sculptor.
    Adams, John, architect.
    Hoge, John, designer.
    Beyer, Charles, founder.
    Title: 
    Ivar Feeding the Gulls, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1988. Dedicated May 19, 1988.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze, aluminum; Base: Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of chair back:) IVAR FEEDING/THE GULLS/Many friends of Ivar Haglund, Seattle waterfront folk hero, contributed, in public subscription, to the placement of this sculpture. Their names are recorded in a time capsule under the captain's chair. (followed by a list of names) unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length portrait of Ivar Haglund. He wears a captain's cap and a seaman's coat. To his proper left and slightly in front of him is a captain's chair. Directly in front of Haglund are three seagulls. The seagull in front has its head under the chair. The other two gulls are being fed by Haglund. A fourth gull sits on top of the chair and reaches out with its head to grab food out of Haglund's proper right hand. Haglund strokes the gull's head with his proper left hand. The bronze sculpture, with aluminum gulls, sits on a round bronze base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Haglund, Ivar -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Animal -- Bird -- Gull
    Object -- Furniture -- Chair
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109
    Located End of Madison Street, Seattle, Washington
    Remarks: 
    Haglund was a restaurant owner and entrepreneur.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.
    Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 35.
    Illustration: 
    Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 34.
    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 WA000512
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