Government_Printing_Office_Workers Knowpia

Government Printing Office Workers
Government Printing Office Workers
Artist	Eliot Means
Year	1937
Type	sculpture
Location	G Street, Washington, D.C.
Owner	General Services Administration

Government Printing Office Workers is a series of three relief sculptures, located at the Government Printing Office Building, North Capitol Street, and G Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C.^[1]

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The panels are installed on the third floor of the north side of the building. The left panel shows a standing figure operating a printing press, with rollers, and the right panel shows a standing male figure unloading rolls of paper. They are by Elliott Means. The center panel shows an eagle surmounting the Government Printing Office seal, and is by Armin A. Scheler.^[2]

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^ "Government Printing Office Workers, (sculpture)". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
^ "Washington, DC New Deal Art". Archived from the original on 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2011-08-20.

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http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000069.htm

[1] "Government Printing Office Workers, (sculpture)". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 13, 2011.

[2] "Washington, DC New Deal Art". Archived from the original on 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2011-08-20.

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