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Harborview Medical Center Boren Avenue Garage, (sculpture). Artist:  Scuri, Vicki, 1953- , sculptor. ABAM Engineering Contractors, contractor. Elaine Day La Tourelle and Associates, architectural firm. Title:  Harborview Medical Center Boren Avenue Garage, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Wall Treatment, (sculpture). Dates:  1988-1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted, cast concrete. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Relief of abstract basketweave designs of different tire treads. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Harborview, Department of Parking and Security, 325 9th Avenue ZA-97, Seattle, Washington 98104 Located Harborview, 325 9th Avenue, Boren Avenue Garage, exterior wall, Seattle, Washington 98104 Remarks:  Residents of adjacent Hilltop House Retirement Center and other neighbors raised concerns about the appearance of the garage so the King County Arts Commission selected Seattle artist Vicki Scuri to create a design for the exterior of the garage. Funding was provided by the King County Percent for Art Program. Scuri worked on a design team with prime contractor ABAM Engineering Contractors and consulted architects Elaine Day La Tourelle and Associates in an effort to soften the building's harsh lines and humanize its scale. IAS files contain related excerpt from James M. Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 143. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Rupp, James M., "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 143. 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 WA000011   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000011 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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