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    		• Kreis, Henry,
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Object -- Fruit
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
     
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    Social Security: Benefits of Social Security, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kreis, Henry, 1899-1963, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Social Security: Benefits of Social Security, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Benefits of Social Security, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Designed 1938. Modeled 1940. Installed 1941.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Carnelian granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 7 1/2 ft. x W. 6 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    HENRY KREIS signed
    Description: 
    One of four low relief panels on the theme of Social Security installed in the recessed areas over the entrances to the building. This low relief panel made with incised lines against highly polished granite is located over the Third Street entrance and depicts a male and female figure flanking an apple tree. The male figure stands on the right side of the tree and reaches up to pick an apple with his proper right hand. With his proper left hand he offers another apple to a seated female figure on the left side of the tree. The female figure reaches for the apple with her proper left hand. Her proper right hand rests on a basket of apples on her proper right side. The female figure is very simply attired in a long dress and heavy shoes. The male figure wears pants and a long-sleeved shirt.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Allegory -- Civic
    Object -- Fruit -- Apple
    Landscape -- Tree -- Apple Tree
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States General Services Administration, Washington, District of Columbia
    Located United States Department of Health and Human Services, Independence Avenue, between 3rd & 4th Streets, S.W., North Building, Wilbur Cohen Building, Third Street entrance, Washington, District of Columbia
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located United States Social Security Agency, Independence Avenue, between 3rd & 4th Streets, S.W., Washington, District of Columbia
    United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Independence Avenue, between 3rd & 4th Streets, S.W., North Building, Washington, District of Columbia
    Remarks: 
    This building was originally designed as an office building for the Social Security Agency and later it became the home of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, now the Department of Health and Human Services. It is also known as the Wilbur Cohen Building. The four low relief panels over the entrances were designed by two sculptors working for the Section of Fine Arts under the Federal Works Agency in 1938.
    References: 
    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. 252.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993.
    Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Related Works: 
    Companion to: 64400042
    Companion to: 76009447.
    Companion to: 76009446.
    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 66400043
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