Street Building – The Foundation of All Communication (mural, Worcester, Massachusetts Parcel Post Building)

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Copied Ralf Edgar Nickelsen, Street Building--The Foundation of All Communication (mural, Worcester, Massachusetts Parcel Post Building), 1940, oil on canvas, 97 x 204 in. (246.4 x 518.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Parcel Post Office Building, Worcester, Massachusetts, through the General Services Administration, 1972.132.2

Artwork Details

Title
Street Building – The Foundation of All Communication (mural, Worcester, Massachusetts Parcel Post Building)
Artist
Date
1940
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
97 x 204 in. (246.4 x 518.2 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the Parcel Post Office Building, Worcester, Massachusetts, through the General Services Administration
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group
  • Cityscape — street
  • Occupation — industry — construction
  • Study — mural study
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — technology
  • Architecture — machine — cement mixer
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture
  • Cityscape — Massachusetts — Worcester
Object Number
1972.132.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1972.132.2