Potomac Rhythm
1979
Georgia Marble
Lee Aks
American, b. Bethesda, Maryland, 1946
On loan from the artist
For years, Aks’ piece, Potomac Rhythm, sat in a back lobby of the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia; now, at Annmarie Garden, it has been given a setting worthy of its form. Carved from a several thousand-pound chunk of white Georgia marble, his piece undulates like a flowing river. The combination of multiplying ripples and smooth satiny surfaces embodies the varying nature of the Potomac River. Set amid a leafy backdrop, the black-veined white marble glows under the sheltering tree canopy.