Loading Cattle (Study for Mural, Jackson, Missouri Post Office)

James Baare Turnbull, Loading Cattle (Study for Mural, Jackson, Missouri Post Office), ca. 1939-1943, opaque watercolor and pencil on illustration board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.134
James Baare Turnbull, Loading Cattle (Study for Mural, Jackson, Missouri Post Office), ca. 1939-1943, opaque watercolor and pencil on illustration board, sheet: 25 7⁄8 x 44 in. (65.6 x 111.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.134

Artwork Details

Title
Loading Cattle (Study for Mural, Jackson, Missouri Post Office)
Artist
Date
ca. 1939-1943
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 25 7⁄8 x 44 in. (65.6 x 111.7 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration
Mediums
Mediums Description
opaque watercolor and pencil on illustration board
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Architecture — farm — stable
  • Architecture — vehicle — train
  • Animal — cattle
  • Study — mural study
  • Occupation — farm — animal husbandry
  • Landscape — Missouri
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture
Object Number
1974.28.134
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1974.28.134

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tempera on paperboard
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Charles W. Thwaites, Portrait, n.d., charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.186
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Not on view
Charles W. Thwaites, Fox Food, 1935, watercolor, brush and ink and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.269
Fox Food
Artist
Date1935
watercolor, brush and ink and pencil on paper
Not on view
Charles W. Thwaites, Shocking Grain, 1940, opaque watercolor, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.286
Shocking Grain
Artist
Date1940
opaque watercolor, watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view

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