Good News and Bad (mural study, Flora, Illinois Post Office)

Davenport Griffen, Good News and Bad (mural study, Flora, Illinois Post Office), ca. 1936, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.18
Copied Davenport Griffen, Good News and Bad (mural study, Flora, Illinois Post Office), ca. 1936, oil on fiberboard, 11 1⁄4 x 23 7⁄8 in. (28.6 x 60.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.18

Artwork Details

Title
Good News and Bad (mural study, Flora, Illinois Post Office)
Artist
Date
ca. 1936
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
11 1⁄4 x 23 7⁄8 in. (28.6 x 60.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration
Mediums Description
oil on fiberboard
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group
  • Landscape — rocks
  • Landscape — coast
  • Study — mural study
  • Occupation — service — postman
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture — Illinois
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
  • Object — written matter — letter
  • Cityscape — Illinois — Flora
Object Number
1974.28.18
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1974.28.18