A life-size bronze sculpture of Jimi Hendrix by Daryl Smith, called The Electric Lady Studio Guitar, is installed at the intersection of Broadway and Pine Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, in the United States.
| The Electric Lady Studio Guitar | |
|---|---|
 The sculpture in 2022 | |
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| Year | 1997[1] |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Subject | Jimi Hendrix |
| Location | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| 47°36′55.8″N 122°19′14.5″W / 47.615500°N 122.320694°W | |
Description and history
editThe statue depicts Hendrix playing a Stratocaster. Visit Seattle, a private nonprofit marketing organization,[2] includes the sculpture in its list of African American Heritage Sites.[3]
The sculpture is part of a collection of statues on Capitol Hill including Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and Elvis Presley. The guitars featured with the statues were part of an "alternative corporate art collection" formed by Michael J. Malone, founder of AEI Music Corporation (now known as DMX) and Hunters Capital. The statues are currently all owned and maintained by Hunters Capital.[4]
The work was vandalized with graffiti on September 18, 2013, the 43rd anniversary of Hendrix's death.[5]
References
edit- ^ Guzman, Monica (January 13, 2010). "Will Jimi Hendrix statue leave Capitol Hill?". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ^ "Seattle: What We Do". Visit Seattle. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ^ "African American Heritage Sites". Visit Seattle. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ^ "The States of Capitol Hill - A Collection of Guitars". youtube.com. 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ "Jimi Hendrix statue defaced in graffiti spree". MyNorthwest.com. 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
External links
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- Book III: Sidewalk Survey - City of Seattle (PDF)
- Jimi Hendrix Statue at Lonely Planet
- Jimi Hendrix Tour at SugarBuzz Magazine
- Seattle Neighborhoods: Capitol Hill, Part 2 -- Thumbnail History at HistoryLink.org, the free online encyclopedia of Washington State history
- Recognition for a rock icon: a park named for Hendrix? by Bob Young (May 18, 2006), The Seattle Times
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