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Elysian Fields

Elysian Fields
Name: 
PAINTING
Elysian Fields
circa 1940
Country: 
United States Cleveland Ohio
Accession: 
TD1992.159.1
Edward Dobrotka Artist Works Progress Administration Other relation
Collection: 
Object
Paintings and Sculpture
WPA and the New Deal
Subject: 
WPA/Federal Arts Project , Hitler , Mussolini , Portraits , Laborers/Workers , Figurative , New Deal
Inches 34-1/4 44-1/2, Centimeters 87.0 112.4
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
TD1992.159.1.JPG
Tags: 
WPA and the New Deal~Paintings and Sculpture
Oil painting on canvas depicting a WPA work crew manned by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and several unidentified male figures each holding a shovel at a work site; in the foreground is a barricade and a man seated on the curb leaning on a shovel looking down at a newspaper on the street; in the background is a structure of red brick and a graveyard which is partially visible.
Elysian Fields
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  • Title :     Elysian Fields
  • Artist:     Edward Dobrotka Artist Works Progress Administration Other relation
  • Accession:     TD1992.159.1
  • Country:     United States Cleveland Ohio
  • Date:     circa 1940
  • Dimensions:     Inches 34-1/4 44-1/2, Centimeters 87.0 112.4
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Paintings and Sculpture
  • Collection Theme:     WPA and the New Deal
  • Subject:     WPA/Federal Arts Project , Hitler , Mussolini , Portraits , Laborers/Workers , Figurative , New Deal
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     TD1992.159.1.JPG
  • Tags:     WPA and the New Deal~Paintings and Sculpture
Description:
Oil painting on canvas depicting a WPA work crew manned by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and several unidentified male figures each holding a shovel at a work site; in the foreground is a barricade and a man seated on the curb leaning on a shovel looking down at a newspaper on the street; in the background is a structure of red brick and a graveyard which is partially visible.
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