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Lightning Bolts, (sculpture). Artist:  Askman, Tom K., 1941- , sculptor. Ziegler, Ellen, 1949- , sculptor. Jaso, Nora, architect. Cardwell, Rich, architect. Cardwell/Thomas and Associates, architectural firm. Title:  Lightning Bolts, (sculpture). Dates:  1987 or 1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Anodized aluminum, blue neon tubing. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 20 ft. Description:  Electric blue anodized aluminum lightning bolts set above the doors to a fire station. Set behind the lightning bolts is blue neon lighting. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Landscape -- Weather -- Lightning Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located Fire Station No. 6, 23rd Avenue South & East Yesler Way, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  The sculpture is a re-fabrication of a pre-existing design on the fire station. The sculpture was part of the Fire Stations Project and was one of five works of art to be added to renovated fire stations around the city. The sculpture was funded by the Department of Administrative Services One Percent for Art program. There is a discrepancy concerning the date of the sculpture: Seattle Art Commission and SOS! survey give 1987; Rupp lists 1988. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995. Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 24, 161. Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 172-173, foldout. Illustration:  Image on file. Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 173. 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 WA000586   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000586 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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