"Commissioned in 1983, View of the Mall From a Castle Tower depicts the magnificent sweep of the Mall from the Washington Monument to the Capital, and includes all the Smithsonian museums. Haas has incorporated an almost photographic image -- much like those from the circuit cameras of the early 20th century into his contemporary sensibilities. The buildings, delineated in a painterly style, yet with the sharpness as if an architect's eye, pop out of a dark, stormy sky. The sun, breaking through the clouds, illuminates some of the buildings with gold." -Smithsonian.org
