Website Image Credits

Credit lines are listed below for images that are not already credited where they appear on this website. Credit information is displayed alongside the images in both the Exhibition and Collection sections.

The majority of the photographs integrated into the design of this web site was taken by Seattle Art Museum staff photographers or photographers contracted by the Seattle Art Museum. We have tried our best to credit the photographer when possible.

Each work of art in the SAM collection is assigned a tracking number that is used for indexing purposes. This "accession number" can be found at the end of the credit line.

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The Legend of Octopus Point, John Marston, Chemainus, b.1978, cedar, cedar bark, paint, abalone shell, operculum shell, 16 x 12 x 12 in., Private collection—Vancouver, B.C., © John Marston

Oil dish,19th century, Quinault, alder, glass beads, 12 x 4 1/2 x 6 in. , Whitman College

Comb, early 19th century (?),Coast Salish, wood, 6 1/2 × 2 5⁄8 × 1 3⁄8 in., The Trustees of the British Museum, Am 1949.22.46, © The Trustees of the British Museum

Figure,18th century, Suquamish, wood, hair, leather, glass, dentalium shells, copper, 14 × 3 1/2 × 2 3⁄8 in., Collected by George Hewett on the Vancouver Expedition,1792, Restoration Point., The Trustees of  the British Museum, Am, Van 160, © The Trustees of the British Museum

Chop Suey, 1929, Edward Hopper, American, 1882–1967, oil on canvas, 32 x 38 in., Collection of Barney A. Ebsworth

Jallandharnath and Princess Padmini Fly over King Padam's Palace, folio 19 from the "Suraj Prakash", 1830 (Samvat 1887), Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Amardas Bhatti, Framed: 29 x 37", Mehrangarh Museum Trust, RJS 1644

Exterior of the Seattle Art Museum, Photo: Lara Swimmer Photography

Exterior of the Seattle Asian Art Museum, Photo: Lara Swimmer Photography

Eagle, 1971, Alexander Calder, American, 1898–1976, painted steel, 465 x 390 x 390 in., Gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, 2000.69 , © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo: Paul Warchol

du’kWXaXa’t3w3l ("Sacred Change for Each Other"), 2007, Susan Pavel (sa'hLa mitSa), Skokomish, born 1968 Mountain goat wool, dyes, 55 x 85 1/2in. (139.7 x 217.2cm), Gift of Gayle and Charles Pancerzewski, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, Photo: Susan Cole

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Inopportune: Stage One, detail, 2004, cars and sequenced multi-channel light tubes, Cai Guo-Qiang, Chinese, (works in America), born 1957, each car: 16’ x 6’, Gift of Robert M. Arnold, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2006.1,© Cai Guo-Qiang

Funerary stele of the house-mistress Udjarenes, detail, 664 - 610 B.C., pigment and plaster on wood, Egyptian, 16 3/4 x 13 x 1 in. (42.6 x 33 x 2.5 cm), Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection and Hagop Kevorkian, 48.224

Le Déjeuner (Breakfast), detail, 1775, hard-paste biscuit porcelain, French, French, Sèvres manufactory, 8 3/8 x 7 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (21.2 x 19.1 x 16.2 cm), Gift in memory of Blanche M. Harnan by the Seattle Ceramic Society and Friends, in cooperation with Mr. William H. Lautz, N.Y.C., 69.138

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Window: Peonies in the Wind, detail, possibly 1889 and reworked by 1908, leaded glass, John La Farge, American, 1835 - 1910, 56 x 26 in. (142.2 x 66 cm), Acquired with donations from The Kreielsheimer Foundation, Ann and Tom Barwick, The Virginia Wright Fund, Ann H. and John H. Hauberg, The Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund, and the American Art Purchase Fund, 87.143

Galukw'amhl (mask of the Crooked Beak), detail, ca. 1940, red cedar, paint, red cedar bark, mahogany plywood, leather, cord, Willie Seaweed (Hilamas), Kwakwaka'wakw, 'Nak'waxda'xw, Blunden Harbour, 1873 - 1967, 33 7/8 x 11 x 9 1/2 in. (86 x 27.9 x 24.1 cm), Gift of John H. Hauberg, 91.1.1

Plaque: Oba and attendants, ca. 1550 - 1650, Cast bronze (cire perdue), African, Nigerian, Benin, 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 4 in. (47 x 39.4 x 10.2 cm), Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company, 81.17.496

Heart Sutra 般若心経, 2002, punchong; stoneware with white slip, gold, Yoon Kwang-cho, Korean, born 1946, 20 1/2 x 19 5/8 x 9 in. (52.1 x 49.8 x 22.9 cm), The Asian Art Council, Frank S. Bayley III, Jacqueline MacRae, Everett and Andrea Paup, Griffith and Patricia Way, B. Joan Christoffersen, Maxine Gorton-Stewart, Kazuhiro Kawasaki, John Pehrson, Joanne Algarin, Nancy D. Haigwood, Estelle Wertheimer, and the Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund, 2005.111, © Yoon Kwang-cho

Episodes from the Aeneid, detail, ca. 1470, egg tempera, oil, and gold on wood panel, Paolo Uccello, Italian (Florence), 1397-1475, Florentine school, 16 1/8 x 61 1/2 in. (41 x 156.2 cm), Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 61.173

Miniature of a bird and scene of lovers with an attendant, detail, 1629 - 1635, opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper, Riza Abbasi, Persian, died 1635, 13 5/16 x 8 3/4 in. (33.8 x 22.3 cm), Gift of Mrs. Donald E. Frederick, 50.111

Sylvia Plath Quilt, 1980, fabric and woodcut, Ross Palmer Beecher, American, born 1957, 94 x 68 in. (238.8 x 172.7 cm), Mark Tobey Estate Fund, 98.86

La Toilette, 1775 - 1780, hard-paste biscuit porcelain, French, Sèvres manufactory, French, L. S. Boizot, France, 1743 - 1809, J.F.J. Le Riche, Mons, 1741 - 1812, 10 x 11 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (25.4 x 28.6 x 19.3 cm), Decorative Arts Acquisition Fund, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2004.27

Some/One, detail, 2001, stainless steel military dog-tags, nickel plated copper sheets, steel structure, glass fiber, reinforced resin, rubber sheets, Do-Ho Suh, Korean, (works in America) born 1962, 81 x 126 in. (205.7 x 320 cm), Barney A. Ebsworth Collection, 2002.43, © Do-Ho Suh

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Inopportune: Stage One, detail, 2004, cars and sequenced multi-channel light tubes, Cai Guo-Qiang, Chinese, (works in America), born 1957, each car: 16’ x 6’, Gift of Robert M. Arnold, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2006.1,© Cai Guo-Qiang

Eagle, 1971, Alexander Calder, American, 1898–1976, painted steel, 465 x 390 x 390 in., Gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, 2000.69 , © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo: Paul Macapia

Gathering Storm, detail, 1993, oil on linen, Lin Onus, Australian Aborigine, 1948-1996, 35 5/8 x 47 9/16 x 3/4 in. (90.5 x 120.8 x 1.9 cm), General Acquisition Endowment and Friends of Australian Aboriginal Art, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2006.31, ARS NY

Figurative Weight (abrammuo): Sankofa Bird, n.d., cast brass (cire perdue), African, Asante, Ghanaian, 1 3/8 x 11/16 x 1 3/8 in. (3.5 x 1.8 x 3.5 cm), Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company, 81.17.397

Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast, detail, 1870, oil on canvas, Albert Bierstadt, American, 1830 - 1902, 52 1/2 x 82 in. (133.4 x 208.3 cm), Gift of the Friends of American Art at the Seattle Art Museum, with additional funds from the General Acquisition Fund, 2000.70

Hunting scenes, detail, 16th century, gouache on paper, Persian, 23 1/8 x 19 1/8 in., Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 47.18

Teapot in form of prunus branch, late 17th century - early 18th century, yixing ware; reddish-brown stoneware with colored slip, Chinese, 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. (10.8 x 14.61 x 11.11 cm), Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 41.3

Flower vase (cuvette à fleurs Courteille), 1755 - 56
Soft-paste porcelain with enamel colors and gilding, French
Vincennes factory, Louis-Denis Armand, active 1745-83
7 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (19.7 x 31.1 cm),Purchased with funds from The Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff Endowment for the Decorative Arts, 99.8

The Judgement of Paris, detail, ca. 1516-18, oil on wood, Lucas Cranach the Elder, German, Wittenberg, 1472 - 1553, 25 x 16 1/2 in. (63.5 x 41.9 cm), LeRoy M. Backus Collection, 52.38

Crows, Early 17th century, detail, pair of six panel screens; ink and gold on paper, Japanese, 61 9/16 x 139 5/16 in. (156.3 x 353.8 cm) after conservation, Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 36.21.1

Some/One, detail, 2001, stainless steel military dog-tags, nickel plated copper sheets, steel structure, glass fiber reinforced resin, rubber sheets, Do-Ho Suh, Korean, (works in America) born 1962, 81 x 126 in. (205.7 x 320 cm), Barney A. Ebsworth Collection, 2002.43, © Do-Ho Suh

Yéil X'eenh (Raven Screen), detail, ca. 1810, spruce, paint, Tlingit
Kadyisdu.axch', Tlingit, Kiks.adi clan, active late 18th - early 19th century, Gaanaxteidi', Klukwan village, Frog House, 105 3/4 x 129 in. (268.62 x 327.66 cm), Gift of John H. Hauberg, 79.98

Self-portrait, 1933, Oil on canvas, Morris Graves, American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001
25 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (64.8 x 50.2 cm), Gift of Florence Weinstein in memory of Max Weinstein, 85.268, © Estate of Morris Graves

Wonam (wedding robe), detail, late 19th century, silk gauze and silk plain weave: patched and stitched, Korean, Choson Dynasty, 1392-1910, 60 x 68 in. (152.4 x 172.72 cm) L.: 48 in. L.: 44 in., Gift of Frank S. Bayley III, 92.145

Northwest Art
Waning Moon: No. 2, 1943, Gouache on paper, Morris Graves, American, born Fox Valley, Oregon, 1910; died Loleta, California, 2001, 26 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (67.3 x 77.5 cm), Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 46.216, © Estate of Morris Graves

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Le Déjeuner (Breakfast), detail, 1775, hard-paste biscuit porcelain, French, French, Sèvres manufactory, 8 3/8 x 7 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (21.2 x 19.1 x 16.2 cm), Gift in memory of Blanche M. Harnan by the Seattle Ceramic Society and Friends, in cooperation with Mr. William H. Lautz, N.Y.C., 69.138

Roman Art Remixed
© Lara Swimmer Photography


Visit
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Photograph by Tim Aguero

Center Images
Exterior of the Seattle Art Museum, photograph by Susan Dirk

Exterior of the Seattle Asian Art Museum, photograph by Paul Macapia

Eagle, 1971, painted steel, Alexander Calder, American, 1898-1976, 465 x 390 x 390in., estimated weight 6 tons, Gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, 2000.69 , © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo: Paul Macapia

SAM Gallery photo by Hernan Celis

Mission Statement
First Free Saturday Girl's Day, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Photo: Laura O'Quinn

Seattle Art Museum Main Page
Photograph Eduardo Calderón

Main Image

© Robert Pisano, 2007

TASTE Restaurant

Photograph by Warren H.W. White

Book an Event
Photo by Timothy Aguero Photography.

Seattle Asian Art Museum Main Page
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Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fuller Garden Court, photograph by Carrie Kim

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Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fuller Garden Court, photograph by Carrie Kim

Olympic Sculpture Park Main Page
Eagle, 1971, painted steel, Alexander Calder, American, 1898-1976, 465 x 390 x 390in., estimated weight 6 tons, Gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, 2000.69 , © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo: Paul Macapia

Detailed installation view of Dennis Oppenheim’s Safety Cones at Olympic Sculpture Park.

Book an Event
Olympic Sculpture Park, PACCAR Pavilion interior and view of Pedro Reyes’ Capula XVI and XVII/, photograph by Paul Warchol

SAM Gallery Main Page
Header Image: SAM Gallery photo by Hernan Celis

New SAM Downtown

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The Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries at SAM downtown, featuring Rorschach, 1984, Andy Warhol, American, 1928–1987, acrylic on canvas, 164 x 115 in., Promised gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, T2006.65.155, © 2007 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
An Exhibition of Gasoline Powered Engines, 1993, Edward Ruscha, American, born 1937, acrylic on linen, 84 x 84 in., Purchased with funds from Susan and Jeffrey Brotman, Mary Alice and Dick Cooley, Jane and David Davis, Robert Dootson, Lyn and Jerry Grinstein, Ann and John H. Hauberg, Mimi and Vinton Sommerville, Mary and Dean Thornton, Carol Wright, and the Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund, 98.52, © Ed Ruscha.
Mann und Maus, 1991-1992, Katharina Fritsch, German, born 1956, mixed media, multiple of 2, 90 ½ x 51 ½ x 94 ½ in., Promised gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, T98.84.17, © 2007 Katharina Fritsch/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.
Stranger in the Village (Excerpt), #7, 1997, Glenn Ligon, American, born 1960, coal dust and oil stick on linen, 72 x 84 in., Gift of William and Ruth True with additional funds from the Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund, 98.13, © Glenn Ligon.
Some/One, 2001, Do-Ho Suh, Korean, works in America, 1962, stainless steel military dog-tags, nickel plated copper sheets, steel structure, glass fiber reinforced resin, rubber sheets, 81 x 126 in., Gift of Barney A. Ebsworth, 2002.43, © Do-Ho Suh.
Die Welle (The Wave) or Lilith am Roten Meer, 1990, Anselm Kiefer, German, born 1945, lead, clothes, steel wire, and ash on canvas, 110 1/4 x 196 in., Promised gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, T98.84.33. © Anslem Kiefer.
Loser + Clark, 1999, Brad Kahlhamer, American, born 1956, Oil on canvas, 84 x 120 in., Gift of the ContemporaryArtProject, Seattle, 2002.25. © Brad Kahlhamer, photo by Timothy Aguero Photography.

Design

Photo courtesy of Allied Works Architecture

Design Team

Photo by Tim Aguero Photography

Design Features

© Lara Swimmer Photography
Photo by Eduardo Calderón.
View into one of the American art galleries, photo by Timothy Aguero Photography.
Jason Puccinelli, The Shape of Sound, acrylic mural, photo by Timothy Aguero Photography.

Architect’s Statement

Photo by Ben Benschneider

Art Ladder

Jason Puccinelli, Cartoon Forest, acrylic mural, photo by Timothy Aguero Photography.
Jason Puccinelli, Vanishing Point, acrylic mural, photo by Jason Puccinelli.
Jason Puccinelli,The Shape of Sound, acrylic mural, photo by Timothy Aguero Photography.
Jason Puccinelli, Cartoon Forest, acrylic mural, in kind, Will Hyde, photo by Timothy Aguero Photography.

Collection

Nuclear Family, 1999, Yinka Shonibare, England, born in
Nigeria, 1962, dimensions vary, mixed-media installation, Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Bagley Wright, 99.37, © Yinka Shonibare, MBE

Close Ups

Riza Abbasi, Persian, Miniature of a bird and scene of lovers with an attendant, 1629-1635, ink, gold and color on paper, 13 5/16 x 8 3/4 in., gift of Mrs. Donald E. Frederick.

About the Olympic Sculpture Park

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Eagle, 1971, painted steel, Alexander Calder, American, 1898-1976, 465 x 390 x 390in., estimated weight 6 tons, Gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, 2000.69 , © 2006 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo: Paul Macapia

Art in the Park

Roy McMakin, American, born 1956, Love & Loss, 2005-2006, mixed media installation with benches, tables, live tree, pathways and illuminated rotating element, 40 ft. x 24 ft., Olympic Sculpture Park Art Acquisition Fund and gift of Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2007.2, © Roy McMakin, Photo: Paul Macapia

History
Glenn Rudolph, American, b. 1946, Travelers, 1986, gelatin silver print, 31 x 41in., PONCHO and the Mark Tobey Estate Fund, 2006.53 , © Glenn Rudolph

Visionary Partners
Glenn Rudolph, American, b. 1946, Joey, 2005, archival inkjet print, 31 x 41in.,, PONCHO and the Mark Tobey Estate Fund, 2006.52 , © Glenn Rudolph

Design
Olympic Sculpture Park, aerial view from water, photograph © Benjamin Benschneider and Weiss/Manfredi, © 2007 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Concept design by Weiss/Manfredi Architects, aerial photograph by Alan Abramowitz

Olympic Sculpture Park, PACCAR Pavilion on left and Alexander Calder’s Eagle on the right. Photography by Paul Warchol, © 2007 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Lead Designer
Michael Manfredi and Marion Weiss, photograph by Paul Macapia

Lead Design Team
Overview of Roxy Paine’s Split, Alexander Calder’s Eagle, Elliot Bay and Olympic Mountains. Photograph by Paul Warchol, © 2007 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Design Features
The north side of the PACCAR Pavilion with Anthony Caro’sRiviera, photograph by Paul Macapia

Aerial view of the Z-path, photograph by Paul Macapia

Teresita Fernandez’s Seattle Cloud Cover, photograph by Paul Macapia

Aspen trees, photograph by Paul Macapia

Evolution of Site Slideshow
Aerial of site before construction, photograph by Alan Abramovitz

Concept design by Weiss/Manfredi Architects, aerial photograph by Alan Abramowitz

Aerial of park near completion, photography courtesy of Soundview Aerial photography

Design Vision Statement
Night view of Richard Serra’s Wake and the Paccar Pavilion, photograph © Benjamin Benschneider

Landscape
Eddies White Wonder Dogwood, photograph © Ben Legler

Environment
Shoreline, photograph by Lara Swimmer

Media
Slideshow of the opening day celebration and evening party, photography by Tim Aguero and Spike Mafford

Calendar
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Photograph by Tim Aguero

Art Councils
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African Arts Council
Hemba Mask, Suku, Democratic Republic of the Congo
wood, pigment, and raffia Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company , 81.17.909

Asian Arts Council
Crows, Japan, Edo period, ca. 1650, folding screen, ink and gold paper on silk, overall h. 68 1/2 in., Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 36.21.1-.2

Contemporary Art Council
To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain, 1995, Zhang Huan, China, born 1965, C-print on Fuji archival paper
Gift of the ContemporaryArtProject, Seattle, 2002.23

Council of American Art
Albert Bierstadt, puget sound on the pacific coast, America, 1830-1902, 1870, oil on canvas, 52 1/2 x 82 in. (133.4 x 208.3 cm) Gift of the Friends of American Art at the Seattle Art Museum, with additional funds from the, General Acquisition Fund, 2000.70

Decorative Arts and Paintings Council
Jacques-André Joseph Aved, France, 1702-1766, Madame Brion, 1750, oil on canvas , 50 5/8 x 38 1/8 in. (128.59 x 96.84 cm), Purchased with funds from the Frederick Pipes Estate Fund, General Acquisitions Fund, Mary Arrington Small Estate, and Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, by exchange, 87.99

Native Arts of the Americas & Oceania Council
Tlingit bent-corner bowl, c. 1820, wood, 5 3/4 x 11 in., Gift of John H. Hauberg, 91.1.56

After Hours
My Favorite Things: Docent lead tour of Gaylen Hansen Retrospective, 2007, photo by Ben Becker
Art for All, Art of Jazz and Poetry Night photos by Julie McMackin.
Art Attack and DJ Night photos by Tim Aguero.

Films

Scarlet Street, Universal Pictures, 1945

School & Educator Programs
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Photograph by Erica Applewhite

Center Images
Photograph by Anne Pfeil
Photograph by Erica Applewhite
Photograph by Ben Becker

Educator Programs
Photograph by Deborah Sepulveda

School Tours
Photograph by Erica Applewhite

Seattle Art Museum Tours
Photograph by Laura O’Quin

Seattle Asian Art Museum Tours
Photograph by Saly Lee

Seattle Asian Art Museum Collection Tours

Monk at the Moment of Enlightenment, ca. 14th century, Chinese, wood with polychrome, 41 x 30 x 22 in., Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 36.13
Vasya–Vajravarahi (dancing goddess with boar’s head), 15th–16th century, Tibetan, gilded bronze set with semi-precious stones and glass, Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 70.2
Buffalo and Herdsboy in Landscape, Second half 12th century, Chinese, silk, 11 x 11 1/8 in. Overall h.: 15 1/2 in. Overall w.: 16 1/4 in., Thomas D. Stimson Memorial Collection, 48.208

Garden and Cosmos Tours

f. 23 from the Shiva Rahasya, 1827, oOpaque watercolor and gold on paper, Bulaki, image size: 15 13/16 x 45 1/2in. (40.2 x 115.5cm), Mehrangarh Museum Trust, RJS 2729, T2008.98.44

Beverly Pepper, American, b. 1924, Perre's Ventaglio III, 1967, stainless steel and enamel, 94 x 80 x 96 in., Gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, 2005.200, © Beverly Peper, Photo: Paul Macapia

Olympic Sculpture Park Summer Tours

Photo by Laura O'Quin

Seattle Art Museum, Downtown Collection Tours
Lion Stool, Ghanaian, Asante, after 1957, wood, paint, 16 9/16 x 20 13/16 x 11 7/8 in., Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company 81.17.545, Photo: Paul Macapia
Mme. H and Her Children, Louis André Gabriel Bouchet, French, 1759-1842, 1815, oil on canvas, 65 1/8 x 48 1/4 in., Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 62.75, Photo: Paul Macapia
Lkaayaak yeil s'aaxw (Box of Daylight Raven Hat); Tlingit; Gaanax'adi clan; Taku; ca. 1850; maple; mirror, abalone shell, bird skin, paint, sea lion whiskers, copper, leather, Flicker feathers; 11 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 12 1/4 in.; Gift of John H. Hauberg; 91.1.124; Photo: Paul Macapia
Mask: Beke, Chukwu Okoro, Mgbom village,
Afikpo, Nigeria, African, 1953, wood with raffia backing, 9 x 5 x 6 in., Gift of Simon Ottenberg, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2005.32, © Chukwu Okoro, Photo: Paul Macapia
Dr. Silvester Gardiner, probably 1772, ca. 1772, oil on canvas, John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815, 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm), Gift of Ann and Tom Barwick, Barney A. Ebsworth, Maggie and Douglas Walker, Virginia and Bagley Wright, and Ann P. Wyckoff; and gift, by exchange, of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gerber; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brechemin; Mrs. Reginald H. Parsons Memorial; Anne Parsons Frame, in memory of Lieutenant Colonel Jasper Ewing Brady, Jr., and Maud B. Parsons; Estate of Louise Raymond Owens; Anonymous donors; and Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection; with additional funds from the American Art Support Fund and the American Art Acquisition Fund, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2006.125, Photo: Susan Cole
Some/One; Do-Ho Suh; Korean (works in America); b. 1962; 2001; stainless steel military dog-tags, nickel plated copper sheets, steel structure, glass fiber reinforced resin, rubber sheets; 81 x 126 in.; Barney A. Ebsworth Collection; 2002.43; © Do-Ho Suh; Photo: Eduardo Calderón

S’abadeb Tours

Model canoe (1978.502.1), early 19th century, wood, leather, Coast Salish, 7 x 22 x 4 1/2in. (17.8 x 55.9 x 11.4cm), Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Perth & Kinross Council, Scotland, T2007.46.3

Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness Tours

The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1786–1820, John Trumbull, American, 1756–1843, oil on canvas, 20 7/8 x 31in. (53 x 78.7cm), Trumbull Collection, 1832.3, T2007.145.10

Do-It-Yourself: Self-Guided Visits

Chop Suey, 1929, Edward Hopper, American, 1882–1967, oil on canvas, 32 x 38 in., Collection of Barney Ebsworth
The Indian and the Lily, 1887, George de Forest Brush, American, 1854/1855– 1941, oil on canvas, 21 x 22 in., Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Photography by Dwight Primiano
Seaworthy, 2008, Titus Kaphar, oil, needle and thread on cut canvas, 60 x 48 in., Courtesy of Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA.

ARTreach Programs
Header image: Photograph by Laura O’Quin
Center images: Photographs by Anne Pfeil

Teacher Resource Center
Photograph by Ben Becker

Curriculum Resource Units
Photograph by Christina DePaolo

Suitcases
Woman wearing a woven robe by Fran James and her son, Bill James, from the Lummi Nation, Washington, U.S.A., 1992, sheep wool, dyes, Photograph by Ben Becker

Community Partnerships
Photograph by Dan McCormack

Adult Public Programs

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Photograph by Tim Aguero

Library Resources

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Center Images
Photographs by Christina DePaolo

Kids & Family

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Photograph by Tim Aguero

Center Images
Sammy the Camel illustrations by Christopher Keenan
Art Panels image, Youth in Focus. Photograph by Dana Morgan
Family Room image, Summer Art FUNdamentals camp, 2004, Photograph by Dana Morgan
Activity Room image: Summer Art FUNdamentals camp, 2004, Photograph by Dana Morgan
Coloring Book illustrations by Christopher Keenan

SAM Shop
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Photograph by Tim Aguero

Center Image

© Robert Pisano, 2007

Press Room
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Photograph by Tim Aguero

Membership
Levels
Photograph by Lara Swimmer

Contributors Circle
Photograph by Lara Swimmer

Corporate Members
Photograph by Lara Swimmer

Membership Events
Miniature of a bird and scene of lovers with an attendant, 1629–1635, Riza Abbasi, Persian, died 1635, opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper, 13 5/16 x 8 3/4 in., Gift of Mrs. Donald E. Frederick, 50.111

Benefits
Photograph by Lara Swimmer

Member Groups
Center Images: Visitor in the galleries, Seattle Art Museum, detail, photograph by Tim Aguero
Photograph of SAMS (Seattle Art Museum Supporters)
Photograph of Southwest Guild

SAM Travel

Photo by Carlos Dell’Acqua

Gift Membership
Chop Suey, 1929, Edward Hopper, American, 1882–1967, oil on canvas, 32 x 38 in., Collection of Barney A. Ebsworth, T97.28, Courtesy of the collector

Community Affairs
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Photograph by Tim Aguero
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Sheer Realities Family Festival, 2000, Seattle Asian Art Museum, photograph by Richard Nicol

Support SAM
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Photograph by Tim Aguero

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Architectural detail of the Seattle Art Museum downtown. Photograph by Eduardo Calderón.

Outlook
Aerial view of Olympic Sculpture Park, photograph by Paul Warchol

Benefit Events
Major Donor Dinner 2007, photograph by Team Photogenic.

Renovation=Art Preservation
Photograph by Tim Aguero

Volunteer
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Employment
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Visitors in the galleries, Seattle Art Museum, photograph by Tim Aguero

Search
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About SAM
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Eagle, 1971, Alexander Calder, American, 1898–1976, painted steel, 465 x 390 x 390 in., Gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, 2000.69, © 2008 Calder Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), Photo by Nic Lehoux

History
Photograph by SAM

History Timeline and Slideshow
Photograph by Leonid Fink/Seattle Times
Firescreen: Cocks and Crows, ca. 1930, William Hunt Diederich, American, born Szent-Grót, Hungary, 1884, died Tappan-on-Hudson, New York, 1953, wrought iron, cut sheet metal, and brass, 41 1/2 x 39 3/4 x 7 3/4 in., Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 33.1883, © Estate of William Hunt Diederich, Photo: Paul Macapia
Photograph by SAM
Photograph by SAM
Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist, 1505–10, Marco d'Oggiono, Italian, Milan, Milanese School, ca. 1467–1524, oil on wood, 28 1/2 x 22 5/8 in., Samuel H. Kress Collection, 37.57
Poem Scroll with Deer (Deer Scroll), 1610s, Tawaraya Sotatsu, Japanese, 1576–1643, Hon'ami Koetsu, Japanese, 1558–1637, handscroll, ink, gold and silver on paper, 13 7/16 x 366 3/16 in. after conservation, overall: 13 1/2 x 410 3/16 in. after conservation, Gift of Mrs. Donald E. Frederick, 51.127, Photo: Seiji Shirono, National Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
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Three Birds, 1935, Mark Tobey, American, 1890–1976, opaque watercolor on paper, 10 3/4 x 19 1/2 in., overall h.: 19 1/4 in., overall w.: 23 in., Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 36.42 © Seattle Art Museum
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Jane Lang, 1976, Andy Warhol, American, 1928–1987, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 in., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Lang, 76.47, © 2008 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/ARS, New York, Photograph by SAM
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Crocodile headdress, Nigerian/Cameroonian, Cross River, Ejagham, wood, skin, basketry, 29 x 38 1/2 x 8 3/4 in., Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company, 81.17.507
Hammering Man, 1992, Jonathan Borofksy, hollow-fabricated steel, aluminum mechanized arm, electric motor, and black automotive paint, 48 ft. x 30 in. x 7 in., Seattle Arts Commission, funding provided by the Virginia Wright Fund in honor of Prentice Bloedel; Seattle City Light 1% for Art funds; the Museum Development Authority; and PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Charitable Organizations)., Photograph by Eduardo Calderon
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Wake, 2004, Richard Serra, American, born 1939, 10 plates, 5 sets of locked toroid forms, weatherproof steel, each set, overall: 14 ft. 1 1/4 in. x 48 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 4 3/8 in.; overall installation: 14 ft. 1/4 in. H. x 125 ft. L x 46 ft. W.; plate thickness 2"; weight: 30 tons (each plate), Purchased in part with funds from Susan and Jeffrey Brotman, Virginia and Bagley Wright, Ann Wyckoff and the Modern Art Acquisition Fund, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2004.94, © Richard Serra, Photograph by Youth in Focus
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Inopportune: Stage One, 2004, Cai Guo-Qiang, Chinese (works in America), b. 1957, cars and sequenced multi-channel light tubes, each car: 16 x 6 ft., Gift of Robert M. Arnold, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, 2006.1, © Cai Guo-Qiang, Photo by Team Photogenic

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In the Garden at Maurecourt, ca. 1884, oil on canvas, Berthe Morisot, French, 1841–1895, 21 1/4 x 25 5/8 in. (54 x 65 cm), Toledo Museum of Art, purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, 1930.9, T2007.131.67

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