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Hatchcovers, (sculpture). Artist:  Knight, Anne, sculptor. Jackson, Nathan, 1938- , sculptor. Edwards, Garth, 1950- , sculptor. Title:  Hatchcovers, (sculpture). Dates:  1975-1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast iron. Dimensions:  60 covers. Each cover: approx. Diam. 36 in. (230-350 lbs.) Inscription:  (Each cover is signed and dated by artist.) (Around the outer edge of Tlingit whale cover design:) SEATTLE CITY LIGHT (Around the outer edge of people peering down the manhole cover design:) SEATTLE WATER (Around the outer edge of Seattle city map cover design are listed the 13 sites of the city featured on the map) (On outer edge of Seattle city map cover:) (name illegible) Casting Co. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Cast bronze utility hatchcovers (manhole covers) with three different designs. One design features a relief map of downtown Seattle. Stainless steel buttons mark locations of sites of interest on the map. A second design features a Tlingit Indian whale relief. A third design features cartoon-like people around the edge of the cover, looking up (or down into the hole) at passersby. Subject:  Object -- Written Matter -- Map Ethnic -- Indian -- Tlingit Animal -- Whale Figure group Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located 4th Avenue and various locations around downtown, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  Knight's hatchcover design, the relief map of Seattle, was the first to be commissioned and was funded through private donations. There are a total of 19 hatchcovers of Knight's design throughout the city. Jackson's design, the Tlingit whale relief, was commissioned in 1976 by the Seattle Arts Commission and was funded through Seattle City Light. There are 32 hatchcovers with Jackson's design located throughout the city. Edwards' design, the people peering down the manhole, was commissioned in 1987 and was funded through Seattle Water Department One Percent for Art program. There are 9 hatchcovers of his design in the city. IAS files contain related Art on File Fact Sheet (c 1994). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994. Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 23, 56, 86-87. Illustration:  Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 87. 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 WA000588   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000588 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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