274 results for: Visual Arts
Photograph
Unveiling of James Washington Jr. sculpture "Virgins' Lamps with Fish" at Bothell Library, January 11, 1970
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:2002.68.140.05
Date:1970
Photograph
James Fitzgerald and Lloyd Lovegren working on the East Tunnel Portal models for the Lake Washington Floating Bridge, May 9, 1940
Architect Lloyd Lovegren and artist James Fitzgerald designed the East Tunnel Portals, basing a set of sculptural panels on Northwest Coast Native American motifs. Here, Fitzgerald (left) works on a model for one of the panels while Lovegren (right) works with the overall design. Caption on photo: Unit 2. Modeling for precast concrete slabs of east tunnel portal.Photographer's Reference Number:…
ID Number:2003.30.151
Date:1940
Photograph
East tunnel portals on the Lake Washington Floating Bridge, June 21, 1940
A decorative concrete facade marked the eastern entrance of the twin-bore tunnel that connected Seattle to the Lake Washington Floating Bridge. Architect Lloyd Lovegren and artist James Fitzgerald designed the portals, basing their sculptural panels on Northwest Coast Native American motifs. In this June 1940 image, two of the three panels have been installed. Caption on photo: Unit 2. East…
ID Number:2003.30.159
Date:1940
Poster
Poster for UFO Landing Party and art exhibit, Seattle, 1984-1985
This poster appears to promote two events in the winter of 1984-1985. In October 1984, a group of unidentified artists won a grant to build “a mixed media construction that would be a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) landing site” on the roof of Seattle’s Comet Tavern on Pike Street. The December 27, 1984, UFO Landing Party may well be connected…
ID Number:2007.25.49
Date:1984
Poster
Seattle International Film Festival poster, May 11-31, 1978
In 1975, Seattle's historic Moore Theatre was renovated and rebranded as The Moore Egyptian Theatre by Dan Ireland (d. 2016) and Darryl MacDonald, who then showed a mix of classic Hollywood revivals and foreign films. By spring of 1976 the two had founded Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), which ran from May 14-31, and featured films from several countries. The…
ID Number:2007.25.55
Date:1978
Architectural drawing
Bon Marché Christmas star design drawing, Seattle, circa 1957
Edward and Josephine Nordhoff opened Seattle’s Bon Marché in 1890. The department store moved and expanded over the years, and by 1929, it occupied an art-deco building on a full city block in downtown Seattle. Sometime around 1953, Bob James of the Bon Marché Display Department designed a Christmas tree and star in lights for the diagonal corner of the…
ID Number:2009.20.78.1
Date:1957
Architectural drawing
Bon Marché Christmas star design drawing, Seattle, circa 1957
Edward and Josephine Nordhoff opened Seattle’s Bon Marché in 1890. The department store moved and expanded over the years, and by 1929, it occupied an art-deco building on a full city block in downtown Seattle. Sometime around 1953, Bob James of the Bon Marché Display Department designed a Christmas tree and star in lights for the diagonal corner of the…
ID Number:2009.20.78.2
Date:1957
Architectural drawing
Bon Marché Christmas star revised design drawing, Seattle, July 17, 1957
Edward and Josephine Nordhoff opened Seattle’s Bon Marché in 1890. The department store moved and expanded over the years, and by 1929, it occupied an art-deco building on a full city block in downtown Seattle. Sometime around 1953, Bob James of the Bon Marché Display Department designed a Christmas tree and star in lights for the diagonal corner of the…
ID Number:2009.20.78.3
Date:1957
Architectural drawing
Bon Marché Christmas star colored lamps design drawing, Seattle, 1962
Edward and Josephine Nordhoff opened Seattle’s Bon Marché in 1890. The department store moved and expanded over the years, and by 1929, it occupied an art-deco building on a full city block in downtown Seattle.Sometime around 1953, Bob James of the Bon Marché Display Department designed a Christmas tree and star in lights for the diagonal corner of the building…
ID Number:2009.20.78.4
Date:1962
Photograph
Removal of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) statue for cleaning before the Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, 1962
The Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) statue is an outdoor life-size sculpture by local artist James Wehn, installed at Tilikum Place Park, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue, Denny Way, and Cedar Street in Seattle. Si'ahl (c. 1786-1866), known to settlers as Chief Seattle, became the leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish people sometime around 1810. When settlers started moving to…
ID Number:2009.23.603
Date:1962