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    		• Hoge, John,
     
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    		• Lickliter, Quentin,
     
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    		• Miller, Rod,
     
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    		• Architecture -- Vehicle
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Fremont Rocket, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hoge, John, sculptor.
    Lickliter, Quentin, sculptor.
    Miller, Rod, sculptor.
    Hegeman, Jon, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Fremont Rocket, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1994. Dedicated June 18, 1994.
    Medium: 
    Aluminum, neon, 1950 rocket fuselage.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 53 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front center of rocket in the Fremont crest:) REPUBLIC OF FREMONT (On front of rocket above crest:) LE LIBERTAS QUIRKAS (On east side of rocket, near bottom:) 061894 (Near top of rocket on both sides:) 118 unsigned
    Description: 
    Aluminum rocket refurbished from a 1950's rocket fuselage. Neon pods are attached to each fin and the nose of the rocket. Four portholes are located vertically down the front of the rocket. The top porthole and 3rd porthole are painted blue, the second and last porthole are painted red. There are aluminum cut-outs of stars and moons on the bottom of the rocket. The rocket is attached to the top corner of a building. A mural is painted on both sides of the corner of the building depicting outer space and stars. Directly below the rocket, the mural includes the image of flames and exhaust as the rocket "launches" into space.
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Vehicle -- Spacecraft
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Fremont Arts Council, Fremont Business Administration, 3414 Fremont Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98103
    Located Corner of Evanston Avenue North & North 35th Street, Seattle, Washington
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is constructed from a ca. 1950 rocket fuselage which was formerly located at AJ's Surplus in Belltown, WA. The fuselage was removed from its previous location in 1991 and stored until 1993. Cost of the sculpture and installation was $25,000. Funding for the sculpture was through private and public donation. English translation of the Latin motto on rocket is given as "Freedom to be peculiar". Neon on the sculpture flashes on every hour on the hour from sunset to dawn. IAS files contain transcription of a nearby plaque which explains the history of the sculpture. IAS files contain copies of related fund-raising publications from the Fremont Business Association.
    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 WA000525
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