Rock Quarry, for the Westerly, Rhode Island Post Office [mural never installed]

Name:

MURAL

1941

Country:

United States New York New York

Accession:

84.5.125

Leo A. Raiken Artist US Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture Other relation

Collection:

Object

Paintings and Sculpture

WPA and the New Deal

Subject:

Industry , Laborers/Workers , Public Works , WPA/Federal Arts Project , New Deal

Inches 68 149-1/2, Centimeters 172.7 379.7

Credit Line:

The Wolfsonian–Florida Interantional University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection

URL:

84.5.125.JPG

Tags:

WPA and the New Deal~Paintings and Sculpture

Oil on canvas mural study depicting a rock quarry scene with twelve figures engaged in quarry work; nine hard laborers and three foremen in business suits.

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Title : Rock Quarry, for the Westerly, Rhode Island Post Office [mural never installed]
Artist: Leo A. Raiken Artist US Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture Other relation
Accession: 84.5.125
Country: United States New York New York
Date: 1941
Dimensions: Inches 68 149-1/2, Centimeters 172.7 379.7
Collection: Object
Category: Paintings and Sculpture
Collection Theme: WPA and the New Deal
Subject: Industry , Laborers/Workers , Public Works , WPA/Federal Arts Project , New Deal
Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida Interantional University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 84.5.125.JPG
Tags: WPA and the New Deal~Paintings and Sculpture

Description:

Oil on canvas mural study depicting a rock quarry scene with twelve figures engaged in quarry work; nine hard laborers and three foremen in business suits.