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Chief of the Suquamish - Chief Seattle, (sculpture). Artist:  Wehn, James A., 1883-1973, sculptor. Cascade Fixture Company, founder. Star Foundry, founder. Title:  Chief of the Suquamish - Chief Seattle, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Bust of Chief Seattle, (sculpture). Chief Seattle Fountain, (sculpture). Dates:  1909. Medium:  Bust: cast bronze; Basin: iron, painted black. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 24 x 14 x 10 in.; Basin: approx. H. 4 1/2 ft. x W. 3 ft. Inscription:  CAST By/CASCADE FIXTURE CO. (Raised:) CHIEF SEATTLE (Proper left side of bust:) JAMES WEHN (Back of bust, raised:) CHIEF OF THE SUQUAMISH (On basin:) STAR FOUNDRY - SEATTLE, WA signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Bust of Chief Seattle set in a fountain basin. Subject:  Portrait male -- Seattle, Chief -- Bust Ethnic -- Indian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located Pioneer Square, First Avenue & Yesler Way, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  Bust of Chief Seattle (ca. 1790-1867), chief of the Suquamish tribe. The idea for an ornamental watering fountain for animals came in 1908 as the City of Seattle was making improvements for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The city commissioned James Wehn to make a bronze cast of the bust only of a clay model he happened to be completing at that time for a full length statue of Chief Seattle to be erected at Tilikum Place (see IAS record number 75008681). The resulting bronze bust was set in the fountain and became the first sculpture of Chief Seattle to be sited in Seattle. IAS files contain related information from Rupp, James M., "Art in Seattle's Public Places: An Illustrated Guide," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 19, 21, and 309. For related publication see: Seattle Arts Commission, "A Field Guide to Seattle's Public Art," Seattle: Seattle Arts Commission, 1991, pg. 205. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. University of Washington, Henry Gallery, 1976. Illustration:  Image on file. Rupp, James M., "Art in Seattle's Public Places: An Illustrated Guide," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 19. 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 75008656   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75008656 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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