Rain Forest (1959)

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Rain Forest
Artist James FitzGerald
Year1959
TypeFountain
MediumBronze
SubjectOlympic Peninsula temperate rain forest
Location Bellingham, WA
Coordinates 48°43′54″N122°29′17″W / 48.73167°N 122.48806°W / 48.73167; -122.48806
OwnerWestern Washington University
Accession1960

Rain Forest is a bronze fountain/sculpture by James FitzGerald located on the campus of Western Washington University. Commissioned in 1959 and unveiled in 1960, it was the first work in the Western Washington University Public Sculpture Collection. [1] [2] [3] [4] The sculpture represents the temperate rainforests of the nearby Olympic Peninsula. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Kepferle, Amy. "Cascadia Weekly: When art goes outside". www.cascadiaweekly.com.
  2. ↑ Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Western Gallery at Western Washington University, retrieved April 11, 2016
  3. ↑ "WWU's Outdoor Sculpture Collection Turns 50", Window (alumni magazine), Western Washington University Office of University Communications, Fall–Winter 2015
  4. ↑ Pacific Northwest, Michelin Travel Publications, 2000, p. 237, ISBN   2061584012
  5. ↑ Clark-Langager, Sarah A. (2002), Sculpture in Place: A Campus as Site, Western Washington University, pp. 42–43, ISBN   1878237055


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