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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Ostler, David,     Gardner, Ann,     Roth, Steven,     Sweeney, Michael,     Abstract -- Geometric     Cityscape     Figure -- Fragment     Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle     Mosaic     Bench     Site-specific     Sculpture

Stairway Art Project, (sculpture). Artist:  Ostler, David, sculptor. Gardner, Ann, sculptor. Roth, Steven, sculptor. Sweeney, Michael, sculptor. Title:  Stairway Art Project, (sculpture). Dates:  1980. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Ceramic, concrete, glass, wood. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 30 ft. x W. 30 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Hillside installation on a pedestrian stairway creating a park-like environment with low, mosaic decorated concrete walls and two levels of platforms connected by a set of stairs leading from an alleyway at the top of the stairs, to the street below. "At the bottom of the stairway childlike pictures have been drawn into the concrete. Some of the lines are now accentuated with natural moss growth. At the bottom and top of the stairway are panels of ceramic shards and glass arranged in horizontal designs along the edges of neighboring gardens. In the middle level, the ceramic panels have primitive art designs and faces. Here, the concrete sidewalk is also decorated with drawings of city scenes, again accentuated with natural moss growth." Wooden planks above the ceramic panels serve as benches. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Cityscape Figure -- Fragment -- Face Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Mosaic Bench Site-specific Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located Fremont Avenue North at North 40th Street, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  The project was funded by the Seattle Arts Commission. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994. Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 203. Illustration:  Image on file. Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 203. 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 WA000526   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000526 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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