Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
Flood Control
Artist
Karl Lang
Year1942
Classification
sculpture
Medium
limestone
Dimensions8 x 19 ft. (96 x 228 in.)
Credits
Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934 - 1943
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
- Cloud with rain above three men, first of which is naked to waist and extends left arm toward sky and holds map with right gloved hand; second man holds compass in left hand across map and rests right arm on dam; third man naked to waist holds dam with right and left arms and wears trousers rolled up above knees, standing in water that is flowing between dam and across his knees.