Portlandia is a sculpture by Raymond Kaskey located above the way in of Michael Graves' Portland Building in downtown Portland, Oregon, at 1120 SW 5th Avenue. It is the second-largest copper repouss statue in the United States, after the Statue of Liberty.
Raymond Kaskey, Greg Pettengill & Michael LaSalle built sections of the statue in of the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., & shipped the parts to Portland by rail. It was assembled at a barge building facility, Gunderson, Inc. It was installed on October 6, 1985, after being floated up the Willamette River on a barge.
The statue is based on the design of the city seal. It depicts a woman wearing classical clothes, holding a trident in the left hand & reaching down with the right hand to greet visitors to the building.
The statue itself is 34 feet,0 inches 0.6 meters) high. If standing, the woman would be about 50 feet (15 m) tall. An accompanying plaque contains a poem by Portland resident Ronald Talney.
The statue is above street level, & faces a narrow, tree-lined street with limited automobile access. Occasionally, there is suggestions to move the statue to a more visible location, but these have come to naught & the sculptor states that they designed the statue for its location & would not approve of moving it.
It is also been claimed that Portlandia's comparatively low profile results from sculptor Kaskey's close guarding of his intellectual property. Unlike the Statue of Liberty, Portlandia may not be reproduced for any commercial purpose without permission from the artist. The rights to the picture of Portlandia stay Kaskey's sole property. The Regional Arts & Culture Council maintains the statue.
Source : wikipedia
Raymond Kaskey, Greg Pettengill & Michael LaSalle built sections of the statue in of the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., & shipped the parts to Portland by rail. It was assembled at a barge building facility, Gunderson, Inc. It was installed on October 6, 1985, after being floated up the Willamette River on a barge.
The statue is based on the design of the city seal. It depicts a woman wearing classical clothes, holding a trident in the left hand & reaching down with the right hand to greet visitors to the building.
The statue itself is 34 feet,0 inches 0.6 meters) high. If standing, the woman would be about 50 feet (15 m) tall. An accompanying plaque contains a poem by Portland resident Ronald Talney.
The statue is above street level, & faces a narrow, tree-lined street with limited automobile access. Occasionally, there is suggestions to move the statue to a more visible location, but these have come to naught & the sculptor states that they designed the statue for its location & would not approve of moving it.
It is also been claimed that Portlandia's comparatively low profile results from sculptor Kaskey's close guarding of his intellectual property. Unlike the Statue of Liberty, Portlandia may not be reproduced for any commercial purpose without permission from the artist. The rights to the picture of Portlandia stay Kaskey's sole property. The Regional Arts & Culture Council maintains the statue.
Source : wikipedia
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