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Bearing Witness (sculpture)

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Woodrow Wilson Plaza Bearing Witness sculpture (6238571061)
Woodrow Wilson Plaza Bearing Witness sculpture (6238571061)

Bearing Witness is an outdoor 1997 sculpture by Martin Puryear, installed outside the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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Bearing Witness (sculpture)
13½th Street Northwest, Washington

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13½th Street Northwest
20004 Washington
District of Columbia, United States
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Woodrow Wilson Plaza Bearing Witness sculpture (6238571061)
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