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, 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: Davenport Griffen
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: Painting
Subjects: Figure group
Landscape — rocks
Landscape — coast
Study — mural study
Occupation — service — postman
Cityscape — Illinois — Flora
Object — written matter — letter
Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture — Illinois
Object Number: 1974.28.18
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1974.28.18