''Lewis and Clark'', also known as the ''Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804–1806 Memorial'', is an outdoor 1934 white marble sculpture by

Leo Friedlander Leo Friedlander (July 6, 1888 – October 24, 1966) was an American sculpture, sculptor, who has made several prominent works. Friedlander studied at the Art Students League of New York, Art Students League in New York City, the Ecole des Beaux ...

installed outside the

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, United States.

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's ''Lewis and Clark'' (1934) is a high

relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the ...

carving depicting

Meriwether Lewis Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, with ...

and

William Clark William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Misso ...

of the

Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gro ...

on horseback, being led by Sacajawea, located outside the

's main entrance. The white Vermont

marble sculpture Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common geological "parent" limestone, in particular the ability to absorb light a small distance into the surface be ...

, carved from a block made of six smaller pieces, measures approximately x x and rests on a granite base that measures approximately x x . On the back is a map illustrating the area covered by Lewis and Clark and depictions of both hunting and meetings with Native Americans. The installation also includes a signed inscription that reads "" on the lower left and "" across the base. The sculpture was surveyed and considered "well maintained" by the Smithsonian's "

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" program in August 1993, and was administered by the Facilities Division of the

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at that time.

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