"Eagle"
Project type: Art Works, Sculptures
Completed: 1940
Artists: Raymond Barger
Designers: Jackson & Robertson & Adams
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Description
This WPA building is ornamented with “Cast concrete sculptures on the facade […] created by artist Raymond Barger, a Maryland native who studied at the Carnegie Institute and Yale. Completed in 1940, the carved sculptures were executed under the WPA’s federal art program. The sculptures above the two main entrances depict stylized eagles. On the projecting pavilions, the sculptures consist of the head and torso of human figures, a sun or moon and stars, and illustrations of different means of delivering mail.” (gsa.gov)
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"Eagle" Sculpture
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Pastore Building, Front View with Sculptures
Source notes
http://www.gsa.gov/portal/ext/html/site/hb/category/25431/actionParameter/exploreByBuilding/buildingId/829# http://www.wpamurals.com/rhodeisl.htm New Deal Art Registry: http://www.newdealartregistry.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O._Pastore_Federal_Building
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 31, 2013.
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