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Progress of Maritime Trade Facilities, (sculpture). Artist:  McVey, William, 1905- , sculptor. Bennett, Parsons & Frost, architectural firm. Title:  Progress of Maritime Trade Facilities, (sculpture). Other Titles:  American Transportation Doors, (sculpture). Dates:  1937. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Aluminum. Dimensions:  4 sets of doors. Each: 12 1/2 x 3 3/4 ft. Description:  Four sets aluminum doors each adorned with six panels that feature four sailing ships, a freighter, and an airplane, "symbols of the old and the new means of conducting trade." Two of the sets of doors are on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the building and two of the sets of doors are on the constitution Avenue side of the building. Subject:  Allegory -- Other -- Progress Allegory -- Other -- Trade Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Transportation Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane Architecture -- Boat -- Freighter Architecture -- Boat -- Ship Object Type:  Door Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States General Services Administration, Washington, District of Columbia Located United States Federal Trade Commission, Pennsylvania Avenue at 6th Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia Remarks:  This piece was part of the New Deal Art program. Goode's book list the execution date as 1938, while GSA lists as 1937. References:  United States General Services Administration, 1988. Gurney, George, "Sculpture and the Federal Triangle," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985, pg. 335-402. Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974. Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 4.3. Illustration:  Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, D-5. Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 4.3. 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 66400053   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 66400053 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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