Adolph Alexander Weinman(click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's
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"Helio Signal of Antiquity"

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"Blanket Signal"

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"Communication by Carrier Pigeons"

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"Smoke Signal of the American Indian"

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"Drum Signal of the African Savage"

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With the "America and the Orient"tympanum

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0000500/00626_0000009040 (added ca. 2006)

More Info
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 143 Item #4.19; Federal Triangle area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p165 Item #D-22)
Medium: Limestone
Artist: Adolph Alexander Weinman(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology
Location: Courtyard bounded by 12th/14th Sts & Penn/Const Aves NW (Between Reagan & Dept of Post Office Bldgs) Washington, D.C.
See Federal Triangle areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Federal Triangle(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 66400058also control # 66400062 (dcMem ID #626 )

Links & other sources
GSA website on Old Post Office Dept Bldg
ArtLex on New Deal Art

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