Visit to Redmond (2007)

In June 2007 we visited Ben in Redmond, bringing several prints we bought in Japan. Ben took us to see the new Olympic Park sculpture garden of the Seattle Art Museum.

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Olympic Park Sculpture Garden

Bunyon's Chess by Mark di Suvero (1965), stainless steel and wood.

Bunyon's Chess

Bunyon's Chess with train and crow.

Flower patch

Eagle by Alexander Calder, 1971, painted steel.

Eagle framing Space Needle	Ben and Alice under Calder's Eagle	Alexander Calder's Eagle	Eagle and Space Needle
Eagle and Space Needle (not as good)

Schubert Sonata by Mark di Suvero (1992), painted and unpainted steel. It spins in the wind.

Schubert Sonata	Schubert Sonata with Ben and Jim	Schubert Sonata with Ben and Jim	Jim and Alice with Puget Sound in the background
The sculpture garden straddles the rail tracks on the west side of Seattle.	Eye Benches I, II, III	Two of the eyeballs

Father and Son by Louise Bourgeois (2006). The water varies, hiding one or the other person.

Fountain with hidden occupant	The fountain is a father and child pair	The complete fountain	The complete fountain
Fountain sculpture with Jim and Ben	Jim in front of the railroad bridge	Typewriter Eraser, Scale X	Sky Landscape I
Persephone Unbound	Persephone Unbound	Split by Roxy Paine (2003)	Split, stainless steel tree.

New Japanese Prints

Ben and Jim: Video game	Video game: the Overlord takes a hit from a fireball.	Newly framed Japanese prints, with Jim	Newly framed Japanese prints
Framed Japanese photo: Mt. Fuji	Framed Japanese photo: Mt. Fuji, with Ben's dracaena.	Antique fan from Grandfather	Antique fan from Grandfather