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Post Office Dept Bldg: Intercommunication Between Europe & Africa tympanum in Washington, D.C.
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Limestone by Adolph Alexander Weinman
Address: Courtyard bounded by 12th & 14th Sts & Penn & Const Aves NWBetween Reagan & Dept of Post Office Bldgs Nearest Metro: Federal Triangle (Orange - Blue)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 66400081 (dcMem ID #624)
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Seated on the left & passing along a lamp symbolizing Knowledge is a male figure representing Europe.
The youth standing beside him with a book represents a spiritual presence, the Wisdom of Europe.
On the far left, Power is represented by a sphere held by a reclining Grecian female.
On the right side of the globe, receiving the Lamp of Knowledge is an Egyptian female representing Africa.
Beside her a youth holds a bundle [the bundle appears to have the head of a feline such as a tiger on it].
To the far right a reclining Egyptian male representing the sleeping Dark Continent leans on a jar from which water is flowing.
On his thigh rests the head of a crocodile whose tail extends behind the youth.
The Primitive Means of Communication reliefs are visible below the pediment
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Sources & Links:
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The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C. D20/p164
GSA website on Old Post Office Dept Bldg
ArtLex on New Deal Art
