Rural Delivery (study for Mural, Lafayette, Indiana Post Office)

Henrik Martin Mayer, Rural Delivery (study for Mural, Lafayette, Indiana Post Office), 1936, pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.131
Henrik Martin Mayer, Rural Delivery (study for Mural, Lafayette, Indiana Post Office), 1936, pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 47 3⁄8 x 20 3⁄4 in. (120.4 x 52.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.131

Artwork Details

Title
Rural Delivery (study for Mural, Lafayette, Indiana Post Office)
Artist
Date
1936
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 47 3⁄8 x 20 3⁄4 in. (120.4 x 52.6 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration
Mediums Description
pencil on paper mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Cityscape — Indiana — Lafayette
  • Architecture Exterior — farm — barn
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture
  • Occupation — service — postman
  • Study — mural study
  • Animal — horse
  • Figure group
Object Number
1974.28.131
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1974.28.131

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Marion Post Wolcott, Children of migrant workers. Near Homestead, Florida, 1939, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.49
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Marion Post Wolcott, Counting ballots to see whether the town will go wet or dry. Woodstock, Vermont, 1940, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.47
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Marion Post Wolcott, Coney Island Lunch, ca. 1938, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.34
Coney Island Lunch
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