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American Red Cross Nurses, (sculpture). Artist:  Amateis, Edmond, 1897-1981, sculptor. Eggers Group Architects, architectural firm. Title:  American Red Cross Nurses, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Red Cross Building Symbolic Figures, (sculpture). I am with the Wounded, (sculpture). Dates:  1952. Dedicated Oct. 1, 1953. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: limestone. Dimensions:  2 reliefs. Each relief: approx. 7 1/2 ft. x 5 ft. Inscription:  (On wall between figures, below window:) I AM WITH THE WOUNDED Description:  Flanking the window over the entrance to the building are two reliefs of kneeling female figures representing nurses. The nurse on the left holds a transfusion bottle in her proper right hand. The nurse on the right, holds a bowl in her proper left hand and feeds a starving child which she holds on her lap. The bottom hem of each nurses uniform drapes over the surrounding architectural components above the window. The nurses wear long scarves which cover their hair. Subject:  Figure group -- Female & Child Occupation -- Medicine -- Nurse State of Being -- Death -- Starvation Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States General Services Administration, Washington, District of Columbia Located American Red Cross, Facilities, 430 17th Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20006 Remarks:  The Fine Arts Commission accepted the design for the relief in July 1951; the building was dedicated Oct. 1, 1953. The inscription between the two figures was taken from a telegram written by Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. Clara Barton took the line from a poem by a writer named Harvey. The rest of the poem reads "I am with the starving, I am with the happy." The nurses symbolize the disaster relief work of the Red Cross. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 United States General Services Administration, 1988. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 473. Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1994. Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969. Illustration:  Image on file. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, M-28. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 76004845   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76004845 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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