Books - Seattle, WA
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N 47° 39.008 W 122° 20.911
10T E 548925 N 5277620
Several books next to the entrance to the Fremont Branch Public Library in Seattle, Washington.
Waymark Code: WM18Y5Z
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2023
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From the Smithsonian website, "One of at least seven sculptures, cast from everyday objects, placed by the artist around the city in 1981, while she was a Seattle Arts Commission artist. The open book is Lucy Lippard's "Changing: Essays in Art Criticism. The book is open to pages 28 and 29, where the author discusses how art and the criteria for judging it changes over time. IAS files contain related excerpt from James M. Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 200." .
TITLE: Books
ARTIST(S): Fisk, Anita, 1948- , sculptor. Robert Mortenson Foundry, founder.
DATE: Cast 1979-1980. Installed 1981.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: Everdur Bronze; Base: concrete.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS WA000014
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Fremont Branch Public Library
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted
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