Preliminary sketch for mural The History of Labor in America, The 17th Century: Colonization (U. S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC)

Media - 1977.47.174 - SAAM-1977.47.174_1 - 74699
Copied Jack Beal, Preliminary sketch for mural The History of Labor in America, The 17th Century: Colonization (U. S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC), ca. 1975, colored pencil and conte crayon on paper, 9 x 11 3⁄4 in. (22.9 x 29.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1977.47.174

Artwork Details

Title
Preliminary sketch for mural The History of Labor in America, The 17th Century: Colonization (U. S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC)
Artist
Date
ca. 1975
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
9 x 11 3⁄4 in. (22.9 x 29.8 cm)
Markings
left center, in colored pencil [red]: LEGGING / STRAPS/ (OVER BELT / S TRAIL DOWN) lower left, in colored pencil [red]: MOCASSINS lower left, in colored pencil [red]: BREECHCLOTH
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program
Mediums
Mediums Description
colored pencil and conte crayon on paper
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure male — full length
  • History — United States — Colonization
  • Figure female — waist length
  • Study — mural study
  • General Services Administration — Art-in-Architecture Program
  • Dress — historic — seventeenth century dress
Object Number
1977.47.174
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1977.47.174