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http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!333872!0 Artist: Tsutakawa, George, 1910-1997, sculptor. Uchida, Jack, engineer. Title: Fountain, (sculpture). Other Titles: (Pacific First Federal Fountain), (sculpture). Dates: 1970. Medium: Fountain: bronze, concrete and light; Basin: concrete and brick. Dimensions: Fountain: approx. H. 4 ft. 2 1/2 in. x W. 7 ft. 6 in. x Diam. 4 ft. 6 in.; Basin: approx. H. 1 ft. 2 in. x W. 7 ft. 6 in. x Diam. 4 ft. 1 1/2 in. Inscription: (On metal ring from which fountain elements emerge, raised letters:) 1970/G. TSUTAKAWA SCULPTOR J. UCHIDA ENGR. signed Description: A fountain consisting of seven abstract forms, each of which has a small, flower-like shape in the center of a larger oval form. Water flows from each of the flowers. The abstract forms are mounted on posts of uneven heights and placed on a metal ring in the center of a concrete circular basin with a brick rim. In the middle of the circle of abstract forms are three spot-lights. Subject: Abstract -- Geometric Object Type: Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Bellevue Fountain Sculpture Owner: Washington Mutual Savings Bank, 10550 NE 8th Street, Bellevue, Washington 98004 Provenance: Formerly a Pacific First Federal Savings Bank branch. Remarks: IAS files contain related article from Martha Kingsbury's "George Tsutakawa," Bellevue, WA: Bellevue Art Museum, 1990, pg. 97. For related information see Kenneth Mark Levine's video, "Northwest Visionaries," Seattle: Iris Films, 1979. Washington Mutual Savings Bank was formerly known as Pacific First Federal Savings Bank. Condition: Surveyed 1994 October. Well maintained. References: Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994. 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 WA000279