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Hot Cha Cha, (sculpture). Artist:  Schneider, Kenny, 1939- , sculptor. Anderson, Eric, architect. Engersoll, Warren, architect. Makers Architecture and Urban Design, architectural firm. Title:  Hot Cha Cha, (sculpture). Dates:  1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Stainless steel, plexiglas, brass. Dimensions:  Approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 2 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Kinetic stainless steel sculpture consisting of sixty-six identical firefighter figures in a case; eleven to a row in six rows. They are strung together along six shafts that rotate in unison through connecting gears. Turning a brass wheel on the right side of the case causes each figure to dance and march. The case is fronted with plexiglas. Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Service -- Fireman Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Kinetic Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located Fire Station #41, 34th Avenue West & West McGraw Street, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  The sculpture was funded by the Department of Administrative Services One Percent for Art program. The sculpture was part of the Fire Stations Project, in which five renovated fire stations were selected as sites for installations. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994. Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 216. Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 150. Illustration:  Image on file. Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 151. 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 WA000530   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000530 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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