Arthur Brown, Albert Stewart(click name for more of that artist's work)
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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 reclining man leans against a horned bull. On each end is a millstone & a sheaf of wheat. 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 151 Item #4.25; Federal Triangle area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p167 Item #D-24)
Medium: Limestone
Artist: Arthur Brown, Albert Stewart(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 66400084 (dcMem ID #628 )

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Historic Fed'l Bldgs on ICC
ArtLex on New Deal Art

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Labor Dept Bldg (currently E.P.A.): Labor & Industry tympanum in Washington, D.C.
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