Cover of *The Robert F. Kennedy Building. Celebrating Art and Architecture on the 75th Anniversary*. DETAIL. https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/jmd/legacy/2014/06/30/75RFKBuilding.pdf
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Photo Carol M. Highsmith. Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. image from https://www.loc.gov/item/2010720239/ 27.5.21
Photo Carol M. Highsmith. Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. image from https://www.loc.gov/item/2010720239/ 27.5.21
As the ‘Spirit of Justice’ is borne aloft with tablets, presumably of the laws, the ‘Majesty of Law’ has climbed to a peak, in his hand arrows and oak leaves denoting military valor.
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Photo Carol M. Highsmith. Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. image from https://www.loc.gov/item/2010720239/ 27.5.21
‘‘Spirit of Justice’ Carl Paul Jennewein. Cast aluminum statue. 12.5′ h. Great Hall, 2nd floor, #DOJ, Washington, D.C. 1935.
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Spirit of Justice’ and ‘Majesty of Law.’ Carl Paul Jennewein. Cast aluminum statues. 12.5′ h. Great Hall, 2nd floor, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 1935. Carol M. Highsmith Photography image from https://www.gsa.gov/fine-arts#/artwork/401 31.5.21
Two 12.5-foot-tall cast #aluminum #statues flanking the stage in the Great Hall, ‘Spirit of Justice’ and ‘Majesty of Law’ designed by #CPaulJennewein and cast by Roman Bronze Works of Long Island City, New York. 1935-1936.
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‘Water’ and ‘Air’ Carol M. Highsmith Photography image from https://www.gsa.gov/fine-arts#/artwork/2836 31.5.21
‘Fire’ Carol M. Highsmith Photography image from https://www.gsa.gov/fine-arts#/artwork/2836 31.5.21
‘Earth’ Carol M. Highsmith Photography image from https://www.gsa.gov/fine-arts#/artwork/2836 31.5.21
Four #statues in Indiana limestone in the south-central elevator lobby, 5th floor personifying the Four Elements (Earth, Air, Water, Fire). Designed by #CPaulJennewein, carved by #RogerMorigi (1907-1995) c. 1934-36, now with support from the New Deal’s #TreasurySectionofFineArts.
Cover of The Robert F. Kennedy Building. Celebrating Art and Architecture on the 75th Anniversary. https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/jmd/legacy/2014/06/30/75RFKBuilding.pdf
#DepartmentofJustice Building, Washington D.C., dedicated by #FDR #OTD, October 25, 1934, Interior sculptural elements designed by #CPaulJennewein (1890-1978), These ranged from light fixtures to bas-reliefs and six free-standing statues.
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Exterior doors. Cast aluminum. Department of Justice Building, Washington DC. Paul Jennewein. Photo: Charles Swaney © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2013 https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/department-justice-jennewein-sculptural-elements-washington-dc/
Exterior torchere, Cast aluminum. Department of Justice Building, Washington DC. Paul Jennewein. Photo: Charles Swaney © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2013 https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/department-justice-jennewein-sculptural-elements-washington-dc/
Exterior torchere, Cast aluminum. Department of Justice Building, Washington DC. Paul Jennewein. Photo: Charles Swaney © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2013 https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/department-justice-jennewein-sculptural-elements-washington-dc/
Detail from exterior torchere, Department of Justice Building, Washington DC. Paul Jennewein. Photo: Charles Swaney © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2013 https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/department-justice-jennewein-sculptural-elements-washington-dc/
Jennewein’s use of cast aluminum rather than bronze, and, in many of his designs, of streamlined forms are - in keeping with the style of the architecture - distinctly modern.
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Photos by Charles Swaney © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2013 images from https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/department-justice-jennewein-sculptural-elements-washington-dc/
Dept. of Justice Building, Washington DC. Sculpture designed by #PaulJennewein.
- Two Bas-reliefs
- ‘QUI PRO DOMINA JUSTITIA SEQUITUR’ Bas-relief, pediment. 1935.
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Photos by Charles Swaney © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2013 images from https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/department-justice-jennewein-sculptural-elements-washington-dc/
‘‘The Heritage of the Past Is the Seed That Brings Forth the Harvest of the Future’
‘Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of Liberty’
Statues, Department of Justice Building, Washington DC
Designed by #CPaulJennewein
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