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    Preamble to the Constitution, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Straus, Lenore Thomas, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Preamble to the Constitution, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    May 1937. Dedicated 1987.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Reliefs: Indiana limestone; Bases: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    6 reliefs. Each relief: approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 12 ft.; Each base: approx. H. 2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Lenore Thomas/5 1937 (Relief over the door:) We the people (At bottom of first relief, incised letters:) TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION (At bottom of second relief, incised letters:) ESTABLISH JUSTICE (At bottom of third relief, incised letters:) INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY (At bottom of fourth relief, incised letters:) PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE (At bottom of fifth relief, incised letters:) PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE signed
    Description: 
    A series of six reliefs depicting figures working at various activities. The first relief is mounted over the school door and depicts six figures: a farmer with a flour sack and pitchfork, a mother holding her child by the hand, a father with his hand on his child's head, a nurse holding a mortar and pestle, and a coal miner holding a pick over his shoulder. The other five reliefs are installed along one side of the building below a series of windows. Each of the reliefs is inscribed with a phrase from the preamble to the Constitution.
    The first of relief depicts two men shaking hands flanked by a figure seated at a typewriter and a figure standing at a filing cabinet at one end and at the other end a man setting a fruit basket down on the ground.
    The second relief depicts a man seated behind a desk facing a line of people. First in line is a man with a shovel, followed by a woman standing beside her small child, a man holding a wrench, and a young woman holding a tablet.
    The third relief depicts a factory worker leaning against his raised proper right leg as he talks to a farmer holding a large sheaf of wheat. The worker holds a lunch box in his proper left hand. Behind the worker is a factory and behind the farmer is a farmhouse.
    The fourth relief depicts the profile of five soldiers marching forward, each carrying a rifles over his shoulders. Standing in front of the soldiers is a family of four, a father holding a shovel, a mother holding an infant, and a young boy holding a baseball bat.
    The fifth relief depicts people working in a garden. On one side a man pushes a wheelbarrow of bricks and a man carries a shovel over his shoulder. Behind them there is a woman holding flowers and a little boy planting flowers.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Family
    Occupation -- Farm -- Farmer
    Occupation -- Labor
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Occupation -- Service -- Secretary
    Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
    Occupation -- Industry -- Mining
    Occupation -- Medicine -- Nurse
    Occupation -- Domestic -- Gardening
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Greenbelt
    Relief
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Maryland 20770
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Center School, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Maryland 20770
    Remarks: 
    The reliefs were carved by Works Progress Administration artist Lenore Thomas. Plaque on wall reads: PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION/BY LENORE THOMAS/1937/RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION/INDIANA LIMESTONE/PLAQUE DEDICATED by the Women's CLUB OF GREENBELT/1987. IAS files contain an excerpt from "Greenbelt - History of a New Town, 1937-1987." The building was formerly known as the Center School until 1993, when it was renovated and reopened in 1996 as the Greenbelt Community Center.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 MD000349
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