Rain Forest (1959)

Rain Forest
Artist James FitzGerald
Year 1959
Type Fountain
Material Bronze
Subject Olympic Peninsula temperate rain forest
Location Bellingham, WA
Coordinates 48°43′54″N 122°29′17″W / 48.73167°N 122.48806°W / 48.73167; -122.48806Coordinates: 48°43′54″N 122°29′17″W / 48.73167°N 122.48806°W / 48.73167; -122.48806
Owner Western Washington University
Accession 1960

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. http://www.cascadiaweekly.com/currents/when_art_goes_outside
  2. Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Western Gallery at Western Washington University, retrieved 2016-04-11
  3. "WWU's Outdoor Sculpture Collection Turns 50", Window (alumni magazine) (Western Washington University Office of University Communications), Fall/Winter 2015 Check date values in: |date= (help)
  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, p. 42–43, ISBN 1878237055
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