Fratelli's Cow Mural: enjoy it while you can!
For about 20 years we've all been enjoying the cow mural that's painted on the old Fratelli's ice cream factory at 19th & Madison. The site will probably be developed soon (details), so I suggest you all go and admire the cows while you may.
In 1992 the owner of Fratelli's, Mr. Peter Morse, shared with me some details of the mural, which was painted by his brother, and I'd like to share them with you now, so that you can better enjoy the mural.
Here's a Seattle Times art critic's column from 1987 about the mural and its creation and here are some notes from the artist about his work, and here's a link to a Seattle Times article about the Fratelli's ice cream company.Below is my amateur attempt to preserve the mural: a Quicktime VR panorama of most of it. Click on it to open it in Quicktime Player, then zoom in & out and drag your mouse around in the picture to pan left/right/up/down. (A Quicktime player for PC or for Mac available FREE here).
Here's the Quicktime VR file: cows.qt (big 3MB file, might take a while, but it's worth it)
I recall cycling to work to the Hutch on First Hill, back in 1987, and watching the mural evolve a little every day. It's been a wonderful addition to our neighborhood, and I'll be very sad to see it go. Let's hope the developer manages to incorporate the image into the new building.
7 comments:
Thank you for putting up these pics of the cows. I really love that mural - and it's gone - i panicked cause i never took a picture of it. I was glad to find these. Thanks!
I got a couple of shots and made a panorama of the whole back wall some time back - pic here
the artist link isn't working - do you have another? i'm interested in learning more about the mural...
Hello yelahneb
The links work OK for me: suggest you try again and click the link on the (rather sparse and cryptic) linked page.
Or send your E-mail address to tayles@jps.net and I'll send you the linked files. Couldn't find any way to contact you......
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