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[[Image:Past (sculpture).JPG|thumb|right|300px|''Past'' by [[Robert Ingersoll Aitken]] (''pictured in 2010'')]]
[[Image:Past (sculpture).JPG|thumb|right|300px|''Past'' by [[Robert Ingersoll Aitken]] (''pictured in 2010'')]]
'''''Past''''' is a 1935 outdoor sculpture by [[Robert Ingersoll Aitken]], located in front of the [[National Archives Building]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] [[John Russell Pope]] served as the sculpture's architect and Edward H. Ratti served as its carver. The sculpture is made of [[Indiana limestone]] and measures approximately 20 x 8 x 12 feet, with a base approximately 12 x 12 x 15 feet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!322439~!0#focus|title=Past, (sculpture)|accessdate=April 7, 2013|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institute]]}}</ref> ''Past'' is a companion piece to ''[[Present (Aitken)|Present]]'', also located in front of the National Archives Building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!322440~!0#focus|title=Present, (sculpture)|accessdate=April 7, 2013|publisher=Smithsonian Institute}}</ref>
'''''Past''''' is a 1935 outdoor sculpture by [[Robert Ingersoll Aitken]], located in front of the [[National Archives Building]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] [[John Russell Pope]] served as the sculpture's architect and Edward H. Ratti served as its carver. The sculpture is made of [[Indiana limestone]] and measures approximately 20 x 8 x 12 feet, with a base approximately 12 x 12 x 15 feet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!322439~!0#focus|title=Past, (sculpture)|accessdate=April 7, 2013|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref> ''Past'' is a companion piece to ''[[Present (Aitken)|Present]]'', also located in front of the National Archives Building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!322440~!0#focus|title=Present, (sculpture)|accessdate=April 7, 2013|publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:42, 25 July 2014

Past by Robert Ingersoll Aitken (pictured in 2010)

Past is a 1935 outdoor sculpture by Robert Ingersoll Aitken, located in front of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. John Russell Pope served as the sculpture's architect and Edward H. Ratti served as its carver. The sculpture is made of Indiana limestone and measures approximately 20 x 8 x 12 feet, with a base approximately 12 x 12 x 15 feet.[1] Past is a companion piece to Present, also located in front of the National Archives Building.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Past, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "Present, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved April 7, 2013.

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