Tung Oil Industry (Study for Covington, Louisiana Post Office Mural)

Xavier González, Tung Oil Industry (Study for Covington, Louisiana Post Office Mural), 1939, gouache, pen and ink, and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 15 ⁷⁄₈ x 30 in. (40.2 x 76.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration , 1962.8.30

Artwork Details

Title: Tung Oil Industry (Study for Covington, Louisiana Post Office Mural)
Artist: Xavier González
Date: 1939
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sheet: 15 ⁷⁄₈ x 30 in. (40.2 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line: Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration
Mediums: ink
watercolor
pencil
Mediums Description: gouache, pen and ink, and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard
Classifications: Painting
Subjects: Study — mural study
Landscape — town
Landscape — Louisiana — Covington
Occupation — industry — lumber
Architecture Exterior — industry — factory
Figure group — male
Object — tool — axe
Occupation — industry — oil
New Deal — Works Progress Administration
Object Number: 1962.8.30
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1962.8.30