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Bulletin Building Reliefs, (sculpture). Artist:  Sullivan, Charles, sculptor. Rodier, Gilbert Lacoste, 1890-1971, architect. Kundzin, Arned, 1899/1900-1959, architect. Wahlegemuth, C., contractor. Rodier and Kundzin, architectural firm. Title:  Bulletin Building Reliefs, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1928. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Reliefs: stone. Dimensions:  4 reliefs. Overall facade area: approx. 37 x 25 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Four art deco reliefs illustrating the progress of printing from ancient China to America ca. 1928, the year the building was built. The reliefs are installed along the top of the building, just above the third story windows. The relief on the left side depicts a Chinese man with a scroll. The scroll is adorned with Chinese characters and a device for printing scrolls. The next relief depicts Johannes Gutenberg (ca. 1400-1468), the German inventor of movable type, dressed in 16th century attire with a ruff at the neck. The next relief depicts Benjamin Franklin using a quill pen. A small press is in the foreground. And the fourth relief depicts the 20th century figure of a man turning the gears of a printing press. Subject:  Occupation -- Industry -- Printing Figure group -- Male Ethnic -- Chinese Dress -- Ethnic -- Chinese Dress Portrait male -- Gutenberg, Johannes -- Waist length Ethnic -- German Dress -- Historic -- Elizabethan Dress Portrait male -- Franklin, Benjamin -- Waist length Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Occupation -- Education -- Philosopher Occupation -- Political -- Diplomat Occupation -- Political -- Postmaster Occupation -- Writer -- Author Occupation -- Science -- Inventor Object -- Other -- Writing Tool Architecture -- Machine -- Printing Press Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Relief Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by 717 6th Street Associates, 1401 16th Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20036 Located 717 6th Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia Remarks:  The reliefs were installed on this building built for Henry Tait Rodier in 1928 to house his business, the United Publishing Company which published the "Bulletin," a one page tabloid reporting sports results and news bulletins. The concrete building was designed by Henry Tait Rodier's brother, Gilbert Lacost Rodier and Arned Kundzin and built by Wahlegemuth at a cost of $20,000. IAS files contain an article from Trans-Lux, A Publication of the Art Deco Society of Washington (Winter 1988): pg. 6-7 which describes the reliefs and the history of the building in detail. IAS files also contain an April 1980 "Don't Tear it Down Downtown Survey" form which describes some of the history of the building and its reliefs. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Trans-Lux, A Publication of the Art Deco Society of Washington (Winter 1988): pg. 6-7. 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 DC000176   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture DC000176 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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