- State:
- WASHINGTON-DC
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP), Arts Programs, Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1937
- Artist:
- Charles R. Knight
- Contractor:
- Manhattan Terrazzo Brass Strip Company
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Charles R. Knight produced a frieze of Pre-Historic Animals inside the Large Mammal House at the National Zoo in 1937. They were cast in aluminum by the Manhattan Terrazzo Brass Strip Company.
On the floor are roundels by Knight in marble and aluminum depicting various large mammals. Those were also carried out by the Manhattan Terrazzo Brass Strip Company.
These artworks were commissioned and paid for by the Treasury Relief Art Project, which aimed to put unemployed artists back to work.
Source notes
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on July 22, 2013.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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- National Zoo: Small Mammal House - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Mortellito Murals (Lost) - Washington DC
- National Zoo: New Exhibit Areas - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Harvard Street Entrance - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Mane Cafe - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Machine and Carpentry Shops Building - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Additions and Improvements - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Bird House Addition - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Mortellito Bas Reliefs - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Springweiler Sculpture - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Warneke Sculpture - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Fulda/Mortellito Bas-Reliefs - Washington DC
- National Zoo: Springweiler Bas-Reliefs - Washington DC
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