Apotheosis of Democracy

Apotheosis of Democracy is a public artwork by American sculptor Paul Wayland Bartlett, located on the United States Capitol House of Representatives portico's east front in Washington, D.C., United States. This sculpture was surveyed in 1993 as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program.^[1]

Apotheosis of Democracy

Paul Wayland Bartlett

1916 (1916)

Marble

18 m (60 ft)

Washington, D.C., United States

38°53′20.6556″N 77°0′30.88″W / 38.889071000°N 77.0085778°W / 38.889071000; -77.0085778

Architect of the Capitol

Related works[edit]

In March, 1963 plaster maquettes of the pediment were given to the U.S. Government by Bartlett's stepdaughter, Armistead Peter III. The works are on display in the Capitol underground hallway that heads to the Rayburn House Office Building.^[1]

As of 1995 a Study for Apotheosis of Democracy by Bartlett was in the collection of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. A bronze sculpture (54 x 54.5 x 18) on a wooden base, it depicts Peace and Genius. It was purchased in 1959 and as of 1995 it was surveyed as needing urgent treatment.^[1]

List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 6

Allen, William C. History of the United States Capitol: A Chronicle of Design, Construction, and Politics. Architect of the Capitol, 2001. 0-16-050830-4

ISBN

Somma, Thomas P. Paul Wayland Bartlett and The Apotheosis of democracy, 1908–1916 : the pediment for the House wing of the United States Capitol. University of Delaware Press, 1995. 0-87413-528-1

ISBN

Wood, James M. Washington Sculpture. Johns Hopkins Press, 2008. 0-8018-8810-7

Apotheosis of Democracy