| Whale | |
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 The sculpture in 2013 | |
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| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Cedar |
| Subject | Whale |
| Dimensions | 1.2 m× 1.1 m× 3.0 m(4 ft× 3.5 ft× 10 ft) |
| Condition | "Treatment needed" (1993) |
| Location | Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States |
| 45°54′01″N123°57′40″W / 45.90020°N 123.96115°W | |
| Owner | City of Cannon Beach |
Whale is an outdoor wooden sculpture of a gray whale, located in Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States.
Whale is a 9-foot (2.7 m) sculpture installed at, [1] and the namesake of, Whale Park (or Hemlock Street Park), [2] [3] located at the north end of downtown Cannon Beach. The sculpture commemorates the visit by members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's Corps of Discovery in January 1806, including William Clark and Sacagawea, who explored the area to investigate reports of a beached whale. [4] [5] It measures 4 feet (1.2 m) x 3.5 feet (1.1 m) x 10 feet (3.0 m) and is positioned horizontally on top of two metal posts anchored in a concrete base which is 2 feet (0.61 m) tall. The whale's head and tail are elevated. The underside of its proper right flipper contains an unintelligible signature by the artist which may read "Hartwick". [2] The original artist that carved the wood sculpture was Gregory Alan Hartwick.[ citation needed ]
The original cedar sculpture has since been replaced by a cast metal replica. [6]
The sculpture's condition was deemed "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in November 1993. It was administered by the City of Cannon Beach at that time. [2] Whale has been included in at least one published guided tour, called "Oregon's Coast, Mountains, Columbia River Gorge and Wine". [7]
Cannon Beach is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Its population was 1,690 at the 2010 census. It is a popular coastal Oregon tourist destination, famous for Haystack Rock, a 235 ft (72 m) sea stack that juts out along the coast. In 2013, National Geographic listed it as "one of the world’s 100 most beautiful places."
The Oregon Coast is a coastal region of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to its west and the Oregon Coast Range to the east, and stretches approximately 362 miles (583 km) from the California state border in the south to the Columbia River in the north. The region is not a specific geological, environmental, or political entity, and includes the Columbia River Estuary.
Ecola State Park is a state park located approximately 3 miles north of Cannon Beach in Clatsop County in the U.S. state of Oregon on the Oregon Coast. It is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
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Oregon Landscape is a 1962 bronze sculpture by Tom Hardy, installed on the southern exterior wall of the Science Research and Teaching Center, on the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon, United States. Previously, the artwork was installed on Fariborz Maseeh Hall's western facade.
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