Basilica: Women of the Old & New Testaments at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (south side) in Washington, D.C. by Lee Oskar Lawrie

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According to James Goode,
"Women from the Old & New Testaments are portrayed on the left & right, respectively. ... [E]ach showing two or more people at the crucial moment of a well-known story."
Washington Sculpture pg 436

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Above Door: `Annunciation Tympanum
Left & right of center door: Lee Lawrie Reliefs

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0002000/02222_0010046019 (added ca. 6/25/2007)

In Thee All Shall Be Blessed

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0002000/02222_0010046029 (added ca. 4/20/2008)

Let Us Sing To The Lord

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0002000/02222_0010046039 (added ca. 4/20/2008)

Thy People Shall Be My People

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0002000/02222_0010046049 (added ca. 4/20/2008)

For Thou Art a Holy Woman

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0002000/02222_0010046059 (added ca. 4/20/2008)

To Bring Thee Good Tidings

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0002000/02222_0010046069 (added ca. 4/20/2008)

My Eyes Have Seen Thy Salvation

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0002000/02222_0010046079 (added ca. 4/20/2008)

Mary Hath Chosen the Best Part

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0002000/02222_0010046089 (added ca. 4/20/2008)

I Know That the Messias Cometh

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0002000/02222_0010046099 (added ca. 4/20/2008)

Top: Mary Immaculate Accompanied by Angels
Above Door: `Annunciation Tympanum
Left & right of center door: Lee Lawrie Reliefs

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0002000/02220_0010045989 (added ca. 4/20/2008)

Statue below the central window: Mary Immaculate Accompanied by Angels
Above center door: `Annunciation Tympanum
Left & right of center door: Lee Lawrie Reliefs
Far left & right: St. Peter (left) & St. Paul (right) above 10 figures (each) from the Old & New Testaments

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0002000/02220_0010045979 (added ca. 4/20/2008)

South (main) entrance on the right & Knight's tower on the left

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0002000/02220_0010045969 (added ca. 4/20/2008)

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Medium: Limestone
Artist: Lee Oskar Lawrie(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Religion; Women
Location: 4th St & Michigan Ave NE Washington, D.C. Basilica of the National Shrine

Nearest Metro: Brookland - CUA (Catholic University of America)(Red) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 77006553 (dcMem ID #1951 )

Links & other sources
Basilica website
Wikipedia article on Basilica
Virtual Museum of the Art of Oskar Lee Lawrie
Wikipedia on Lee Lawrie

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