Sacred
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
A late religious commission by Lee Lawrie for the Sacred Heart entrance in Washington, D.C.
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Washington, D.C. · c. 1960
Around 1960, Lee Lawrie created the carved Sacred Heart entrance for the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Professor Tylden Streett of the Maryland College Institute of Art assisted Lawrie in completing the commission.
The entrance combines a central Sacred Heart portal with figural panels and inscriptions drawn from the church’s devotional tradition.
Washington, D.C. · c. 1960
Sacred Heart entrance
Photographs by Gregory Paul Harm, taken in public.