Bunyon's Chess

Sculpture in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
  • Stainless steel
  • wood
Dimensions6.7 m (22 ft)LocationOlympic Sculpture Park (Seattle Art Museum), Seattle, WashingtonCoordinates47°37′01″N 122°21′24″W / 47.616871°N 122.356576°W / 47.616871; -122.356576

Bunyon's Chess is an outdoor 1965 sculpture by Mark di Suvero, installed at Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, Washington.[1][2][3][4] The stainless steel and wood piece is 22 feet (6.7 m) tall.[5]

Conservation work on Bunyon's Chess was completed by the Seattle Art Museum in 2018.[6]

See also

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  • 1965 in art

References

  1. ^ "Sculpture Park | The art & artists, a walking guide | Seattle Times Newspaper". Old.seattletimes.com. 2010-05-19. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  2. ^ Peters, Sue (2007-02-12). "Seattle News and Events | Seattle Weekly's Recommended Events". Archive.seattleweekly.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. ^ "A sculpture park fit for the gods - and Seattle's skyline too". OregonLive.com. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  4. ^ "Olympic Sculpture Park:Icons and Monuments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  5. ^ "Bunyon's Chess". Seattle Art Museum. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  6. ^ Brown, Liz (May 30, 2018). "New Cedar for Bunyon's Chess". Seattle Art Museum Blog. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

External links

  • "Bunyon's Chess by Mark di Suvero". Waymarking.
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  • Bunyon's Chess (1965)
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  • Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore) (1967)
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  • The Calling (1981-1982)
  • Shoshone (1981-1982)
  • Iroquois (1983)
  • Shang (1984-1985)
  • Schubert Sonata (1992)
  • Aurora (1992-1993)
  • Lao Tzu (1996)
  • Joie de Vivre (1998)
  • The Sieve of Eratosthenes (1999)
  • Declaration
  • Aesop's Fables, II (2005)
  • Orion (2006)
  • Clock Knot (2007)
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