Seattle Cloud Cover

{{Short description|Glass bridge and sculpture in Seattle, Washington, U.S.}}

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Seattle Cloud Cover is an outdoor glass bridge and sculpture by American artist Teresita Fernández, installed in Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, Washington, in the United States.{{cite web|last1=Tuchman|first1=Phyllis|title=Sunday in the Park with McDreamy|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/tuchman/tuchman2-7-07_detail.asp?picnum=4|website=Artnet|accessdate=February 3, 2016|archive-date=February 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204134918/http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/tuchman/tuchman2-7-07_detail.asp?picnum=4|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/sculpturepark/2003518555_sculptureblurbs140.html|title=Sculpture Park - The art & artists, a walking guide - Seattle Times Newspaper|website=Old.seattletimes.com|accessdate=4 August 2017|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924163006/http://old.seattletimes.com/html/sculpturepark/2003518555_sculptureblurbs140.html|url-status=dead}} The bridge, which displays images of the "changing sky discovered in nature and art", was approved in 2004 and completed in 2006. The project marks Fernandez's first permanent publicly sited work. Seattle Cloud Cover is made of laminated glass with a "photographic design interlayer". It measures approximately {{Convert|9|ft|m}}, {{Convert|6|in|cm}} x {{Convert|200|ft|m}} x {{Convert|6|ft|m}}, {{Convert|3|in|cm}}. The work was financed by the Olympic Sculpture Park Art Acquisition Fund in honor of the Seattle Art Museum's 75th anniversary.{{cite web|title=Number: 2006.140: Seattle Cloud Cover|url=http://www1.seattleartmuseum.org/eMuseum/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse¤trecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=Number%20is%202006.140&searchstring=Number/,/is/,/2006.140/,/0/,/0&newvalues=1&newstyle=single&newcurrentrecord=1|publisher=Seattle Art Museum|accessdate=February 3, 2016|archive-date=February 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204143140/http://www1.seattleartmuseum.org/eMuseum/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse¤trecord=1&page=search&profile=objects&searchdesc=Number%20is%202006.140&searchstring=Number%2F%2C%2Fis%2F%2C%2F2006.140%2F%2C%2F0%2F%2C%2F0&newvalues=1&newstyle=single&newcurrentrecord=1|url-status=live}}

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