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Victory and Defeat
Panel 13, 1955
A wall of twenty-two black cannonballs symbolizes the successful twenty-two-day siege at Yorktown, Virginia, when American troops forced the British occupying the town to surrender, effectively ending the American Revolution. The wall is a backdrop for the sword exchange that took place on October 19, 1781, between two appointed delegates on behalf of Generals George Washington and Charles Cornwallis. Lawrence focused on this imminent transfer of power by creating a gap signified in the white space between the hands -- and
a pause in the moment of action that seems to hold the new nation's independence in suspense. |