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Justice, Freedom, and the Release From Bondage
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Justice, Freedom, and the Release From Bondage

Artist
Year1966
Classification sculpture
Medium mahogany
Dimensions160 × 48 × 6 in. (406.4 × 121.9 × 15.2 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Fine Arts in New Federal Buildings Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • The sculpture is made of wood which was laminated together and then carved.  Artist was commissioned to complete this wooden sculpture and the bronze eagle (see FA888) on the 19th street side of the building. They were completed in 1966.


    In the lobby of the new Federal Courthouse are symbols associated with the judicial system - Justice, Freedom and the release from Bondage. These symbols have been fashioned into a 12 foot mahogony wall-relief for the lobby of the Federal Courthouse by William F. Joseph of Denver.  The figure with the upraised arm represents Justice; the crouching figure is Bondage, while, just below, Freedom is depicted as a figure with broken chains. To the right is a symbolic depiction of man's concern for the plight of his fellow-man.