Labor Dept Bldg (currently E.P.A.): Abundance & Industry tympanum in Washington, D.C. by Sherry Fry, Arthur Brown located in James M. Goode's Federal Triangle area

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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

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 metopesconsisting 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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See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 150 Item #4.24; Federal Triangle area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p166 Item #D-23)
Medium: Limestone
Artist: Sherry Fry, Arthur Brown(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology
Location: Constitution Ave between 12th & 14th Sts NW Washington, D.C.
See Federal Triangle areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Smithsonian(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 66400024 (dcMem ID #627 )

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