Gas City – Boom Days (mural study, Gas City, Indiana Post Office)

William Adelbert Dolwick, Gas City--Boom Days (mural study, Gas City, Indiana Post Office), 1939, casein on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.103
William Adelbert Dolwick, Gas City--Boom Days (mural study, Gas City, Indiana Post Office), 1939, casein on paperboard, sheet: 10 1⁄8 x 29 5⁄8 in. (25.7 x 75.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.103

Artwork Details

Title
Gas City – Boom Days (mural study, Gas City, Indiana Post Office)
Artist
Date
1939
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1⁄8 x 29 5⁄8 in. (25.7 x 75.3 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration
Mediums
Mediums Description
casein on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — craft — glassworker
  • New Deal
  • Cityscape — Indiana — Gas City
  • Allegory — quality — wealth
  • Architecture — vehicle — carriage
  • Architecture — vehicle — train
  • Figure group
Object Number
1974.28.103
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1974.28.103

Works by this artist (3 items)

William Adelbert Dolwick, Gas City--Boom Days (mural study, Gas City, Indiana Post Office), 1939, casein on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.103
Gas City – Boom Days (mural study, Gas City, Indiana Post…
Artist
Date1939
casein on paperboard
Not on view
William Adelbert Dolwick, Early Hobart (mural study for Hobart, Indiana Post Office), 1938, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration , 1962.8.50
Early Hobart (mural study for Hobart, Indiana Post Office)
Artist
Date1938
gouache on paperboard
Not on view
William Adelbert Dolwick, (Portrait of a Man), ca. 1933-1943, charcoal and pastel on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.62
(Portrait of a Man)
Artist
Dateca. 1933-1943
charcoal and pastel on paper
Not on view

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