From outside the CVS at 1st and M St, NE.
Sculpture
Thanks to a reader for sending:
“I noticed this sculpture that was recently added to the yard at the house at the corner of New Hampshire Ave and I St. NW.
This house has it all – nice garden, interesting sculpture, and a pretty sweet coffee/mojito balcony, too!
I do kind of wonder if the sculpture is some kind of ancient alien rune, though….”
This is part of Arts In Foggy Bottom Biennial Sculpture Exhibition:
“The 2014 exhibition, Sculpted: Histories Revealed, will feature 16 contemporary sculptures by 15 artists, most nationally recognized. This is the fourth iteration of the award-winning Arts in Foggy Bottom outdoor sculpture exhibit, one of Washington’s leading programs for presenting public art.”
Close ups of the sculpture after the jump. (more…)
Looking good. Olive Risley Seward was “the adopted daughter of William Henry Seward, United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.” From wikipedia:
“In 1971, sculptor John Cavanaugh chose to create a statue honoring her rather than her accomplished father. A picture of her was not found at the time, so Cavanaugh sculpted his idea of an idealized Victorian lady instead. The statue stands in front of a private residence on North Carolina Avenue and Sixth Street, SE in Washington, D.C.. The subject’s head is turned to the left as if gazing toward the nearby Seward Square, named for her adoptive father. Olive died in Washington, D.C., and is buried in Fredonia, NY with her parents.”
I’ve admired this firebox conversion dozens and dozens of times – can’t believe I’m just noticing the back:
“I see a sad procession,
And I hear the sound of coming full-key’d bugles,
All the channels of the city streets they’re flooding,
As with voices and with tears.”
From Dirge for Two Veterans by Walt Whitman.
Front and plaque after the jump. (more…)
I finally got the sculpture of the guy with an umbrella in the rain!! Been waiting years for this… From Embassy Row.
Always makes me uneasy every time I pass it. From Georgetown.
Photo by PoPville flickr user Miki J.
Thanks to Miki J. for uploading this great shot from Anacostia.
From the Canadian Embassy.
I always love passing this door on 10th St, NW just south of Mass. Ave.
From north Cleveland Park.
