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Tree Grate Museum: Northern Red Oak, (sculpture). Artist:  Point, Susan, 1952- , sculptor. Title:  Tree Grate Museum: Northern Red Oak, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Northern Red Oak, (sculpture). Dates:  1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast iron. Dimensions:  Approx. L. 59 3/4 in. x W. 59 3/4 in. Inscription:  (In middle of outer border, on all four sides of grate:) SUSAN POINT RED OAK (On plaque beside grate:) NORTHERN RED OAK/Quercus rubra/TREE GRATE DESIGN SUSAN POINT, 1988/RED OAKS LOCATED ON THIRD AVENUE/BETWEEN YESLER WAY & JAMES STREETS/.DOWNTOWN SEATTLE TRANSIT PROJECT. signed Description:  Four-sectioned cast iron grate surrounds the base of a tree. The grate is a relief design of oak leaves, birds and acorns in a round pattern. Open grill work surrounds the relief work on the outer edges of the grate. Plaque beside grate has relief of oak tree and detailed leaf on left and right side. The plaque and the grate are set directly into the sidewalk. Subject:  Object -- Foliage -- Oak Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Metro, Arts Program, 821 2nd Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104 Located Convention Place Station, Pine Street & 9th Avenue, 9th Avenue sidewalk between Pine & Terry, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  The grate is one of five representing different species of trees in the downtown Seattle area. The sculpture was funded by the Downtown Seattle Transit Project. SOS! survey reports date of 1987; plaque near grate cites date as 1988. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994. Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 104, 107. Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 25, 36. 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 WA000346   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000346 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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