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Portrait #3 (Rome Series)
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| Title | Portrait #3 (Rome Series)
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| Full Title | Portrait #3 (Rome Series) by Patti Warashina
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| Artist | Patti Warashina
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| Type of Art | Sculpture |
| Medium | ceramic clay, fired underglaze, glaze |
| Date Created | 2004 |
| Description | 26" x 20" x 20" |
| Date Acquired | 2007 |
| Donor/Purchased From | Patti Warashina |
| On Loan | No |
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| Collection Owner | University Libraries |
| Location | 4th Floor Allen N. Petersen Room
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| Accessible Hours | Public Library Hours, with appointment |
| Condition | Excellent |
| Caption | Portrait #3 is part of the Rome Series: Portraits that Warashina completed in 2000. About the series, she has said: "The Rome Series: Portraits, studies of large female heads, evolved because of my interest in the figure and in response to my extended stay in Rome several years ago. These studies were be followed by another series of large columnar figures based on caryatids, recalling remnants from Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli. References to the head as an Ionic capital is loosely connected by the spiral gestures of the hair, but also used to indicate movement in contrast to the weight and scale of the form. My daily encounters in Italy revealed numerous classical statues of gods and goddesses in unexpected places, much like electrical poles standing amid the daily life of its citizenry. After a length of time, it became subliminally reassuring, how normal that such an encounter could be. After five centuries, the angels on the bridge continued to welcome me on my daily walks to complete errands, completely intact with only erosion and soot to reveal their age. It was an extraordinary as well as a foreign feeling to be part of the ages of the Graces. I awaken to find myself back in Seattle." (http://www.loveedfinearts.com/thb_warashina.html) |
| Artist Information | Patti Warashina was born in 1940 in Spokane, Washington. In 1962 and 1964 she received her B.F.A and M.F.A from the University of Washington, followed by additional affiliations with Wisconsin State University, Eastern Michigan State University, and the Cornish School of Allied Arts. Beginning in 1961 she began exhibiting her work at local galleries and has since contributed to myriad public and private collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Smithsonian, and the Seattle Art Museum. She first gained prominence as a co-director of the ceramics program of the University of Washington in the 1970s, along with Robert Sperry and Howard Kottler. She currently resides in Seattle, Washington. |
| Other Information | http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/50966_pattiwarashina18.shtml http://www.loveedfinearts.com/thb_warashina.html |
| Digital Collection | University of Washington Libraries Art Collection |
| Type | StillImage |
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