Landmark Center Visual Art – Fourth Floor
1A. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, 2008 – Merry DeCourcy
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Merry DeCourcy’s paintings feature men from St. Paul’s East Side who served on the U.S. Supreme Court together. Burger and Blackmun were life-long friends until casting opposing votes on the 1973 case Roe v. Wade.
1B. Justice Harry A. Blackmun, 2008 – Merry DeCourcy
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2. The Honorable Edward J. Devitt, 1986 – Jean Grapp
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Jean Grapp was commissioned by Devitt’s former law clerks to paint this portrait. Devitt served as Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, for the District of Minnesota, for a record 23 years.
3. The Honorable John B. Sanborn, 2000 – Merry DeCourcy
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Merry DeCourcy’s original oil painting of the Honorable John Sanborn hangs in the Sanborn Room, named so because a Sanborn served in the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals for a total of 72 years. A print of John’s cousin, the Honorable Walter Sanborn hangs on the
adjacent wall.