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(Federal Building Relief Panels), (sculpture). Artist:  Parducci, Corrado Joseph, 1900-1981, sculptor. Penfield, Walter G., engineer. Robert O. Derrick, Inc., architectural firm. Great Lakes Construction Company, contractor. Title:  (Federal Building Relief Panels), (sculpture). Dates:  1933-1934. Dedicated June 28, 1934. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone. Dimensions:  Each panel: approx. 6 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 in. Description:  Bas-relief panels and medallions decorate the sixth floor level facade of an Art Deco style building. Each building face features a series of three relief panels at each corner, with five circular medallions across the building facade. Scenes depicted include activities related to the occupants of the building: the Army, the Navy, Post Office, Treasury, Commerce, Agriculture, Industry, and Justice. Images include men typing and writing; a judge seated on a bench decorated with the scales of Justice, lawyers, soldiers at war carrying rifles and firing cannons; sailors on a ship's deck; men working in a factory; men working in a bank, including carting money into a vault and using adding machines; and farmers harvesting with tractors. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Transportation Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Allegory -- Civic -- Law Allegory -- Quality -- Justice Occupation -- Military -- Armed Forces Occupation -- Military -- Navy Occupation -- Other -- Civil Servant Occupation -- Monetary -- Banker Occupation -- Service -- Postman Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Occupation -- Military -- Sailor Occupation -- Industry Occupation -- Farm -- Harvesting Occupation -- Farm -- Sowing Occupation -- Farm -- Dairy Occupation -- Law -- Judge Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Animal -- Cattle Architecture -- Boat -- Detail Architecture -- Machine -- Farm Machine Object -- Tool -- Scale Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Other -- Money Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object -- Weapon -- Cannon Object -- Other -- Typewriter Object -- Other -- Writing Tool Object -- Tool -- Rake Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States General Services Administration, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by United States General Services Administration, 477 Michigan Avenue, Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan Located Federal Courthouse, 250 West Fort Street, Detroit, Michigan Remarks:  The panels were done through the Works Progress Administration (WPA). When designed, the Federal Building served as a courthouse, U.S. Post Office and Customs House, and it housed various other government agencies. The Federal Building was designed by the architectural firm of Robert O. Derrick, Inc.; Walter G. Penfield was construction engineer, and Great Lakes Construction Company, the general builders. For a additional information see Jeanie Huntley Bentley, et al, "Artists in Michigan, 1900-1976," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1989, pg. 189. IAS files contain related materials about the construction of the building. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. 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 MI000469   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000469 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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