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Buckingham, Larry,
Abstract
Homage -- Hendrix, Jimi
Allegory -- Element
Performing Arts -- Music
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
Sculpture
Jimi Hendrix Memorial Viewpoint, (sculpture).
Artist:
Buckingham, Larry, sculptor.
Title:
Jimi Hendrix Memorial Viewpoint, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Jimi Hendrix Memorial Outlook, (sculpture).
Dates:
1983.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Rock and brick tile.
Dimensions:
Landscaped area: approx. 20 x 15 ft.; Highest Boulder: approx. H. 4 1/2 ft.; Walkway: approx. L. 73 1/2 ft. x W. 47 ft.
Inscription:
(On sun-shaped plaque:) THIS/VIEWPOINT/WAS FUNDED BY/WORLDWIDE/DONATIONS TO KZOK/RADIO IN THE/MEMORY OF/JIMI HENDRIX/AND HIS/MUSIC unsigned
Description:
A mosaic sculpture, with fire imagery, placed along a walkway with rocks, including a "hot rock" heated from below, plantings and a sun-shaped dedicatory plaque.
Subject:
Abstract
Homage -- Hendrix, Jimi
Allegory -- Element -- Fire
Performing Arts -- Music
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Woodland Park Zoo, Parks and Recreation Department, 5500 Phinney Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98105
Located Woodland Park Zoo, African Savannah, Seattle, Washington
Remarks:
KZOK, a Seattle radio station, started a fund-raising drive to honor internationally recognized rock musician Jimi Hendrix, a native of Seattle, with a memorial. With assistance from the Seattle Arts Commission, a competition to select an artist was organized. Larry Buckingham, a Seattle landscape architect, was selected and designed a sculpture to overlook the Zoo's African Savanna exhibit. IAS files contain fact sheet from Art on File, Inc., 1994; and excerpts from James M. Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: Univ. of Washington, 1992, pg. 140; and "A Field Guide to Seattle's Public Art," Seattle Arts Commission, 1991, pg. 140.
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 WA000021
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Inventory of American Sculpture
WA000021
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