Springweiler bas-relief, Elephant House, National Zoo - Washington DC
Project type: Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
Completed: 1938
Artists: Erwin Springweiler
Contractors: Lombard & Ludwig
Quality of Information: Good
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
Erwin Springweiler designed the sculptures of elephants and mammoths above the interior doors in the Elephant House at National Zoo.
The actual carving was done by Lombard & Ludwig, architectural sculptors, during construction of the Elephant House in 1936-37.
These works were paid for by the Treasury Relief Arts Project (TRAP).
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Springweiler bas-relief, Elephant House, National Zoo - Washington DC
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Springweiler bas-relief, Elephant House, National Zoo - Washington DC
Source notes
Virginia Price, Historic American Building Survey, National Zoological Park Elephant House, HABS No. DC-777-C, c. 2006. Washington DC: National Park Service.
Project originally submitted by Richard A Walker on January 7, 2020.
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