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English: Law (1941) by Archie Garner at Spring Street Courthouse |
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https://art.gsa.gov/artworks/497/law?ctx=fa115732793218db53c1aeef0ec8ef131ccc00a0&idx=1 PHOTO CREDIT Carol M. Highsmith Photography Law ARTIST Archibald Garner YEAR1941 CLASSIFICATION sculpture MEDIUM Indiana limestone on black granite pedestal DIMENSIONSsculpture: 102 × 24 × 24 in. (259.1 × 61 × 61 cm) Other (base): 24 1/2 × 25 × 25 in. (62.2 × 63.5 × 63.5 cm) CREDITS Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934 - 1943 Fine Arts Collection U.S. General Services Administration LOCATION U.S. Courthouse Los Angeles, CA Additional information Carved from one block of Indiana limestone, primarily by hand. The figure weighs between 2 and 2-1/2 tons. Garner said of the work: "It was my desire to express in this figure the conception of law as the friend and protector of the people, the law of democracy as opposed to the arbitrary, oppresive law of other forms of government. For this reason I used a female figure with flowing, gentle curves. Yet I wanted the feeling of the whole composition to be strong, firm, and direct, hence its massiveness and simplicity. The hand indicating the tablet is open in the position of offering to the appeal of reason not pointing in stern command in the Mosaic tradition. In the head I have tried to combine solid strength with compassion." Garner inscribed on the tablet which the figure holds a quotation on the law by Abraham Lincoln "No law is stronger than is the public sentiment where it is to be enforced." |
| Author | Carol Highsmith photo of Archibald Garner statue |
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| current | 18:20, 2 March 2024 | | 500 × 631 (82 KB) | Jengod | Uploaded a work by Carol Highsmith photo of Archibald Garner statue from https://art.gsa.gov/artworks/497/law?ctx=fa115732793218db53c1aeef0ec8ef131ccc00a0&idx=1 PHOTO CREDIT Carol M. Highsmith Photography Law ARTIST Archibald Garner YEAR1941 CLASSIFICATION sculpture MEDIUM Indiana limestone on black granite pedestal DIMENSIONSsculpture: 102 × 24 × 24 in. (259.1 × 61 × 61 cm) Other (base): 24 1/2 × 25 × 25 in. (62.2 × 63.5 × 63.5 cm) CREDITS Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 193... |
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