Pioneers Tilling Soil and Building Log Cabin (mural study, Carthage, Illinois Post Office)

Karl Kelpe, Pioneers Tilling Soil and Building Log Cabin (mural study, Carthage, Illinois Post Office), ca. 1938, tempera on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration
, 1962.8.84
Copied Karl Kelpe, Pioneers Tilling Soil and Building Log Cabin (mural study, Carthage, Illinois Post Office), ca. 1938, tempera on paperboard, 15 1234 in. (39.486.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration , 1962.8.84

Artwork Details

Title
Pioneers Tilling Soil and Building Log Cabin (mural study, Carthage, Illinois Post Office)
Artist
Date
ca. 1938
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
15 1234 in. (39.486.3 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration 
Mediums Description
tempera on paperboard
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group
  • Occupation — industry — construction
  • Occupation — farm — harvesting
  • Architecture — domestic — cottage
  • History — United States — westward expansion
  • Study — mural study
  • Architecture — vehicle — wagon
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture — Illinois
  • Occupation — other — pioneer
Object Number
1962.8.84