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MUSIC HALL
THEATRE DRAWING No. 1
THE MUSIC HALL THEATRE 1929-91
1991
Ink with colored pencil.
24" 24" H x 18" W
Drawn on site at the late Music Hall, the Music Hall was also known as the Emerald Palace Theatre. A grand
Paramount movie palace, this stunning theatre in a Spanish Baroque architectural style was Seattle's greatest architectural and
artistic treasure.
It was torn down in October 1991 to build a "businessman's
hotel."
The bitter years-long battle pitted the realtor family that owned the
Palace against Allied Arts,
historic preservationists and a vast number of local citizens.
After it was destroyed, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published a passionate
Saturday "Soapbox" (op-ed) authored by Segan:
"CITY'S LOSS OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS A DISGRACE" (Nov. 9, 1991).
The full text of the dramatic op-ed can be read in ABOUT THE
ARTIST, BIBLIOGRAPHY, SEGAN authored.
The artwork was the first of four comparably-sized ink drawings drawn on-site standing
outside the theatre at Seventh & Olive in late
August & September 1991.
$2,000.
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SEATTLE MUSIC HALL DRAWING No.
2
1991
Ink with wash
20 3/8" H x 18 1/8" W
$2,000.
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THE SEATTLE MUSIC HALL DRAWING No.
3
Notes at bottom of the drawing state:
Emerald Palace Sep 3rd, '91 Began dusk - 7:35 or so, till 830 completely dark outside save
street & neon sign lites around 7th avenue & continued Sep 4th dusk! +
1991
Ink
21 1/2" H x 18 3/16" W
$2,000.
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THE
MUSIC HALL DRAWING No. 4
Drawn on site at the Music Hall from the Olive Street side after the demolition began.
1991
Ink, gouache
24" H x 20" W
$2,000.
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MUSIC HALL DRAWING No. 5 -
THE ROOF
1991
Ink, pencil, gouache
Size:
Private Collection: Phyllis Rosen Catering, Seattle
I did one additional Music Hall drawing on-site before the building met the
wreckers: A 5" h x 4" w pencil drawing depicting
one of the "urns" on top of the building. The drawing was water
damaged in the late 1990's.
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Private collections:
Peter Lindberg
Lee Micklin
Debra K. Miller
Malik Moore
Prof. Patricia Owen
Bruce Pollock
Sarah Sarai
Joan Schiff
Thomas Shapley
Araya Sol
Leah Thorn & Arike
Prof. Dr. Edward Timms
Stan & Anne Willard
Elana Winsberg
Rachel & Shlomi Tsourye
(Dr) Norman Matheson
Anne Flann
Gwen & Mark Thompson
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THE SEATTLE MUSIC HALL (EMERALD PALACE)
THEATRE, 1929-91
1991
Linoleum block print (linocut)
12" x 12" (image)Drawn on site on a linoleum block while facing the front of the Music Hall from the brick wall at Bell
Plaza; the block was cut the following year.
$60.
Public collections:
Museum of History & Industry, Seattle
(two early state proofs;
and the final version as seen at
left).
Portland Art Museum, Gilkey Prints Collection, Oregon
Private collections:
Lauren Marcson Alspaugh & family (blue
ink)
Professor Dr. Dan Bar-On
Susan Beardsley
Carol Benedict
Donna Blankinship & family
Yonna Cohen
Barb Diltz-Chandler & Bob Chandler
Genia Dayan
Nyegosh & Maria Dube
Alexis Fein
Susie & David Felthous
Anne Flann
Gayle Graves
Steve Greenberg, editorial cartoonist
Jon Hahn
Michael Hirschler
Tomasz (Thomas) Holowack
Stephen & Marilyn Hukill
Menache Israel
Christine King
Joan Schiff
Joe King & Whitney McCleary
Mercedes (formerly of the Pike Market, now in Capitol Hill)
Nancy Nipples of Pike Place Market Dairy
Dr. Deborah Schultz & Count Lucjan
Seattle Law Office of William Sullivan
Walt / Mobeta Shoes
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