Promote the General Welfare [Produced for 1939 New York World's Fair U.S. Government Building competition, organized by Section of Fine Arts, Treasury Department (unrealized)]
![Promote the General Welfare [Produced for 1939 New York World's Fair U.S. Government Building competition, organized by Section of Fine Arts, Treasury Department (unrealized)]](http://wolfsonian.org/sites/default/files/object/TD1989.45.66.JPG "Promote the General Welfare [Produced for 1939 New York World's Fair U.S. Government Building competition, organized by Section of Fine Arts, Treasury Department (unrealized)]")
- Title : Promote the General Welfare [Produced for 1939 New York World's Fair U.S. Government Building competition, organized by Section of Fine Arts, Treasury Department (unrealized)]
- Artist: Roy Grossman Artist
- Accession: TD1989.45.66
- Country: United States Philadelphia Pennsylvania
- Date: circa 1938
- Dimensions: Inches 46-1/2 22-1/4 Dimensions, framed Inches 42 17-5/8 Dimensions, unframed, Centimeters 118.1 56.5 Dimensions, framed Centimeters 106.7 44.8 Dimensions, unframed
- Collection: Object
- Category: Paintings and Sculpture
- Collection Theme: World's Fairs and Expositions
- Subject: Laborers/Workers , Public Works , World's Fairs and Expositions , New Deal
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: TD1989.45.66.JPG
- Tags: WPA and the New Deal~World's Fairs and Expositions~Paintings and Sculpture
Description:
Oil on canvas mounted on plywood vertical-oriented mural study with top section depicting large centralized figures consisting of three laborers against a landscape setting with a hydro-electric dam located above a wheatfield, above cotton pickers in field, above steers in pasture, city harbor with ships, and locomotives; two groups of figures, men talking and women holding books, are located at feet of the three standing laborers; a very elderly couple stands (bent slightly over) between the two groups; lower section of the mural depicts a large gathering of men seated in governmental chambers which are emblazoned with sign "Promote the General Welfare"; at the very bottom are classical or archetypal figures dressed in gold robes looking up.
