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Labor Dept Bldg (currently E.P.A.): Abundance & Industry tympanum in Washington, D.C.
This is just one of several sights in this complex. Click here to see more.Don't know a tympanum from a abacus from a hole in the ground? See our Primer on Architectural Lingo
The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The department is headed by the United States Secretary of Labor. Source: Wikipedia
Limestone by Sherry Fry (Sculptor), Arthur Brown (Architect)
Address: Constitution Ave between 12th & 14th Sts NW Nearest Metro: Smithsonian (Orange - Blue)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 66400024 (dcMem ID #627)
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A woman, representing Abundance & Industry, reclines beside a vase overflowing with the Fruits of Industry. The rams on each side represent Productivity & Security. Below the tympanums on this building are friezes with metopes consisting of rams, cows, lions, snakes, dolphins, eagles, shells, vases, helmets, shields, anchors, cornucopia & fasces.
Source: James M. Goode's "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C."
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Sources & Links:
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The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C. (D23/p166)
Historic Fed'l Bldgs on ICC
ArtLex on New Deal Art
