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Early Settlers (mural study, East Detroit, Michigan Post Office)

  • Frank Cassara, Early Settlers (mural study, East Detroit, Michigan Post Office), ca. 1939-1941, tempera, oil and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.87

Title
Early Settlers (mural study, East Detroit, Michigan Post Office)
Artist
Frank Cassara
Date
ca. 1939-1941
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 13 3⁄8 x 29 1⁄4 in. (34.0 x 74.2 cm)
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Transfer from the General Services Administration

Mediums
pencil
oil
tempera
Mediums Description
tempera, oil and pencil on paperboard
Classifications
Drawing
Keywords
  • New Deal – Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture
  • Animal – cattle
  • Architecture – machine – farm machine
  • Landscape – Michigan – Detroit
  • History – United States – westward expansion
  • Figure group
Object Number
1974.28.87
Palette
Linked Open Data URI

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