''Silver Dawn'' is an outdoor 1980 stainless steel sculpture by

Spanish American Spanish Americans ( es, españoles estadounidenses, ''hispanoestadounidenses'', or ''hispanonorteamericanos'') are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from Spain. They are the longest-established European American group in th ...

artist

Manuel Izquierdo Manuel Izquierdo (September 26, 1925 – July 17, 2009) was a sculptor and woodcut artist. He is best known for his abstract, organic welded-metal sculptural forms and his sturdy woodcut prints. Izquierdo was born Manuel Izquierdo Torres in M ...

, installed at

Wallace Park The Wallace Park in Lisburn, Northern Ireland was bequeathed to the people of Lisburn by Sir Richard Wallace. There are a number of football pitches, tennis courts, a duck pond and a children's adventure play area. The grounds of Lisburn Crick ...

in northwest

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...

, in the United States.

Description and history

''Silver Dawn'' is a

stainless steel Stainless steel is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains at least 11% chromium and may contain elements such as carbon, other nonmetals and metals to obtain other desired properties. Stainless steel's corros ...

sculpture designed by

, who moved to Portland and became professor emeritus at his alma mater Museum Art School (now

Pacific Northwest College of Art The Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is an art school of Willamette University and is located in Portland, Oregon. Established in 1909, the art school grants Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees and graduate degrees including the Master of Fine ...

) after fleeing Spain following the Spanish–American War. The sculpture was funded by Esco Corporation, Schnitzer, PDC, MAC and NW Service Dist. and completed in 1980. It is installed in

at Northwest 25th Avenue and Northwest Raleigh Street and measures x x . According to the

Regional Arts & Culture Council The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is an organization that administers arts grants in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas Counties that also do advocacy in the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon, United States. It evolved from the city� ...

, which administers the work, ''Silver Dawn'' is "an excellent example of the large biomorphic abstract sculptures that Manuel Izquierdo was known for". It is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

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Silver Dawn
at the Public Art Archive
Silver Dawn, Portland, OR
at Waymarking
2009 Report to the Community
(PDF), Regional Arts & Culture Council {{Public art in Portland, Oregon 1980 establishments in Oregon 1980 sculptures Northwest District, Portland, Oregon Outdoor sculptures in Portland, Oregon Sculptures by American artists Stainless steel sculptures in Oregon

Description and history

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