Post Office Dept Bldg: America & Orient tympanum in Washington, D.C. (dcMemorials.com - a pictorial directory of memorials, monuments, statues & other outdoor art)

tympanum

The America & Orient tympanum is a limestone relief by Adolph Alexander Weinman on the west facade courtyard of Washington, D.C.'s Post Office Department Building. It allegorically depicts themes linking America and the Orient. The artwork is part of the building's architectural decoration and is located between 12th and 14th Streets NW and Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues NW.