Arts of Peace: Music and Harvest

Arts of Peace

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The golden "Arts of Peace," statues that stand at the end of Potomac Parkway were sculpted by James Earle Fraser. The statue entitled "Music and Harvest" features the winged horse Pegasus between a male figure holding a sickle and a bundle of wheat, and a female holding a harp. "Aspiration and Literature" also features Pegasus, this time flanked by figures holding a bow and a book. These 17-foot tall bronze statues rest on granite pedestals with 36 bronze stars, which represent the States that belonged to the Union at the end of the Civil War.

Inscriptions

base front
MUSIC AND HARVEST
JAMES EARLE FRASER SCULPTOR
CAST IN BRONZE NAPLES 1950
A GIFT FROM THE PEOPLE OF ITALY
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA