Aeronautics Pediment, (sculpture).

Aeronautics Pediment, (sculpture).

Patigian, Haig, 1876-1950, sculptor.

Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953, sculptor.

Donnelly, John, 1867-1947, carver.

Aeronautics Pediment, (sculpture).

Installed 1934.

Digital Reference:

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Technology

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Flight

Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington

Administered by United States General Services Administration, Washington, District of Columbia

Located United States Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia

This piece was part of the New Deal Art program. Goode reports this work as executed by Fraser, while General Service Administration lists Patigian as artist. Fraser designed the piece and Patigan executed the work.

United States General Services Administration, 1988.

Gurney, George, "Sculpture and the Federal Triangle," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985, pg. 98-120.

Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 176.

Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969.

Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, pg. 176, D-32.

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.

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