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Smith, Tony,
Abstract -- Geometric
Religion -- Old Testament
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
Sculpture
Moses, (sculpture).
Artist:
Smith, Tony, 1912-1980, sculptor.
Title:
Moses, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Street "Flying U", (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed March 6, 1975. Dedicated May 20, 1975.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: steel, painted; Foundation: concrete.
Dimensions:
Approx. 11 x 7 x 15 ft. (5,500 lbs.).
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A black-painted abstract sculpture that features two main forms at top that are parallel and nearly upright.
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Religion -- Old Testament -- Moses
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109
Located Seattle Center, South of Bagley Wright Theater, Seattle, Washington
Remarks:
Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $20,000 given in 1974 to the City of Seattle. Additional funding was provided by Seattle Center One Percent for Art, Contemporary Art Council of the Seattle Art Museum, Virginia Wright Fund, and AIA's Seattle chapter. A full-size plywood mockup of "Moses" was originally commissioned by the Contemporary Art Council of the Seattle Art Museum for an exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum and was displayed in Seattle starting in 1968. In 1972, the Art in Public Places Committee recommended to the Seattle Arts Commission that a steel version of "Moses" be made for the Seattle Center. This was the first major expenditure of funds under the City of Seattle's new One Percent for Art Program.
IAS files contain copies from the Seattle Arts Commission's, "A Field Guide to Seattle's Public Art," Seattle: Seattle Arts Commission, 1991; copies from James M. Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places: An Illustrated Guide," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 114-115; and related materials. Excerpt from Rupp's publication includes discussion and artist's statement concerning the relationship of the parallel upright forms of this sculpture to the horns in Michelangelo's sculpture of Moses.
Conservation:
Treated 2000 May. Art Conservation Services (Seattle, WA) Treatment report is on file with Seattle Center.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, "Urban Encounters: Art Architecture Audience," 1980.
SOS Assessment Award, 1999.
SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 1999.
SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2000.
Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Rupp, James M., "Art in Seattle's Public Places: An Illustrated Guide," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 115.
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 87980050
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
87980050
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