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Laurent, Robert,
Bennett, Parsons & Frost,
Figure group -- Male
Occupation -- Industry
Object -- Tool
Object -- Other
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
Sculpture
Americans at Work, Past and Present: Shipping, (sculpture).
Artist:
Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970, sculptor.
Bennett, Parsons & Frost, architectural firm.
Title:
Americans at Work, Past and Present: Shipping, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Shipping, (sculpture).
Dates:
1938.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Limestone.
Dimensions:
6 3/4 x 12 1/2 ft.
Description:
Two seamen hoisting a bales of cargo by rope and
pulley
to load it into a waiting vessel.
Subject:
Figure group
--
Male
Occupation
--
Industry
--
Shipping
Object
--
Tool
--
Pulley
Object
--
Other
--
Container
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 Federal Trade Commission, Pennsylvania Avenue at 6th Street, N.W., Overentrance nearest 6th Street on Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia
Remarks:
This piece was part of the New Deal Art program. The building was originally known as the Apex Building.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
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.
Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969.
Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 4.2.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Related Works:
For model see: 08580911.
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 66400046
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Inventory of American Sculpture
66400046
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