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Government Printing Office Workers
ArtistEliot Means
Year1937
Typesculpture
LocationG Street, Washington, D.C.
OwnerGeneral 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.

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.

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References

  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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