The Discovery, Use and Conservation of Natural Resources (Carl Sandberg and Frank Lloyd Wright), (Study for mural, Decatur, Illinois post office)

Edgar Britton, The Discovery, Use and Conservation of Natural Resources (Carl Sandberg and Frank Lloyd Wright), (Study for mural, Decatur, Illinois post office), ca. 1938, tempera on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.304
Edgar Britton, The Discovery, Use and Conservation of Natural Resources (Carl Sandberg and Frank Lloyd Wright), (Study for mural, Decatur, Illinois post office), ca. 1938, tempera on fiberboard, image: 7 5⁄8 x 32 in. (19.4 x 81.3 cm) sheet: 11 7⁄8 x 36 1⁄8 in. (30.2 x 91.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.304

Artwork Details

Title
The Discovery, Use and Conservation of Natural Resources (Carl Sandberg and Frank Lloyd Wright), (Study for mural, Decatur, Illinois post office)
Artist
Date
ca. 1938
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 7 5⁄8 x 32 in. (19.4 x 81.3 cm) sheet: 11 7⁄8 x 36 1⁄8 in. (30.2 x 91.8 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration
Mediums
Mediums Description
tempera on fiberboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure — fragment — hand
  • Occupation — writer
  • Study — mural study
  • Occupation — art — architect
  • Portrait male — Wright, Frank Lloyd
  • Portrait male — Sandburg, Carl
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture — Illinois
Object Number
1974.28.304
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1974.28.304

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