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Armenian Earthquake (Sogoyan)

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Type
  
Bronze

Artist
  
Frederic Sogoyan

Subject
  
1988 Armenian earthquake

Location
  
Washington, D.C.

Created
  
1990

Year
  
1990

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Dimensions
  
360 cm × 150 cm × 360 cm (140 in × 61 in × 140 in)

Similar
  
Samuel Hahnemann Monument, The Court of Neptune Fountain, Bartholdi Fountain, Victims of Communism Memorial, Albert Einstein Memorial

Armenian Earthquake is a bronze sculpture by Frederic Sogoyan. It expresses the gratitude at the aid provided following the 1988 Spitak earthquake.

It was dedicated on March 15, 1991. It is located on the north lawn of the American Red Cross National Headquarters, N.W. Washington D.C.

The inscription reads:

TO THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE
FROM A GRATEFUL
ARMENIAN PEOPLE
EARTHQUAKE ASSISTANCE

DECEMBER 7, 1988

References

Armenian Earthquake (Sogoyan) Wikipedia