Administered by City of Seattle Seattle Arts Commission 312 1st Avenue North Seattle Washington 98109
Located Marshall Park Betty Bowen Viewpoint West Highland Drive & 7th Avenue West Seattle Washington
Date:
1977
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On top of base:) J.W. WASHINGTON, JR. signed
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Summary:
Low reliefs of symbolic references including two birds with interlocking beaks emerging from an egg. The birds represent Gemini, Betty Bowen's astrological sign. Two arrows pointing up and down represent the circle of life. An equilateral triangle refers to the "equality of everything". The sculpture is set on a four-sided base with one rounded corner.
