First Official Airmail Flight, McLeansboro, Illinois, September 26, 1912 (mural study, McLeansboro, Illinois Post Office)

Dorothea Mierisch, First Official Airmail Flight, McLeansboro, Illinois, September 26, 1912 (mural study, McLeansboro, Illinois Post Office), 1940, charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.98
Dorothea Mierisch, First Official Airmail Flight, McLeansboro, Illinois, September 26, 1912 (mural study, McLeansboro, Illinois Post Office), 1940, charcoal on paper, sheet: 11 x 29 in. (27.9 x 73.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.98

Artwork Details

Title
First Official Airmail Flight, McLeansboro, Illinois, September 26, 1912 (mural study, McLeansboro, Illinois Post Office)
Artist
Date
1940
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 11 x 29 in. (27.9 x 73.8 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration
Mediums
Mediums Description
charcoal on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Architecture — vehicle — airplane
  • Study — mural study
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture
  • Landscape — Illinois — McLeansboro
Object Number
1974.28.98
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1974.28.98

Works by this artist (1 item)

Dorothea Mierisch, First Official Airmail Flight, McLeansboro, Illinois, September 26, 1912 (mural study, McLeansboro, Illinois Post Office), 1940, charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.98
First Official Airmail Flight, McLeansboro, Illinois,…
Artist
Date1940
charcoal on paper
Not on view

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