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Reference book:
'Washington Sculpture'
by James M. Goode



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Justice Dept (courtyard): Ars Boni & Ars Aequi tympanums in Washington, D.C.
by Carl Paul Jennewein (click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's Federal Triangle area (click link for more in that area)

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"Ars Boni"
The good of the state



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0000500/00504_0000027840 (added ca. 2006)


"Ars Aequi"
The rights of Man

These are two of four tympanums on the Justice Dept & National Archives Buildings. Click the image below to view the others.



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0000500/00504_0000027830 (added ca. 2006)



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More Info
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James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 134 Item #4.11; Federal Triangle area);
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p157 Item #D-13)

Medium: Limestone
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology
Location: Constitution Ave between 9th & 10th Sts NW Washington, D.C.
See Federal Triangle area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter (Yellow - Green) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 65020097 (dcMem ID #504 )

Links & other sources
GSA website on Justice Dept Building

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