Government Printing Office Workers Explained

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Government Printing Office Workers
Artist:	Eliot Means
Year:	1937
Type:	sculpture
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	G Street, Washington, D.C.

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]

Design

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]

See also

• List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 6

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Government Printing Office Workers, (sculpture).. Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum . August 13, 2011.
2. Web site: Washington, DC New Deal Art . 2011-08-20 . 2011-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110805043550/http://www.wpamurals.com/washDC.htm . dead .