Building St. John’s (study for St. John’s, Oregon, Post Office Mural)

John R. Ballator, Building St. John's (study for St. John's, Oregon, Post Office Mural), 1935, tempera and oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1982.86.1
John R. Ballator, Building St. John's (study for St. John's, Oregon, Post Office Mural), 1935, tempera and oil on fiberboard, image: 22 1⁄2 x 47 1⁄4 in. (57.2 x 120 cm) overall: 28 x 52 3⁄8 in. (71.1 x 133 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1982.86.1

Artwork Details

Title
Building St. John’s (study for St. John’s, Oregon, Post Office Mural)
Artist
Date
1935
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 22 1⁄2 x 47 1⁄4 in. (57.2 x 120 cm) overall: 28 x 52 3⁄8 in. (71.1 x 133 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration
Mediums
Mediums Description
tempera and oil on fiberboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture — Oregon
  • Allegory — other — progress
  • Landscape — Oregon
  • Occupation — industry — construction
  • Cityscape — river
  • Figure group
Object Number
1982.86.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1982.86.1

Works by this artist (1 item)

Jere Osgood, Cylinder-Front Desk, 1989, Australian lacewood, Honduras rosewood, pearwood, mahogany plywood, and water buffalo calfskin, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance and museum purchase made possible by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1990.53, © 1989, Jere Osgood
Cylinder-Front Desk
Artist
Date1989
Australian lacewood, Honduras rosewood, pearwood, mahogany plywood, and water buffalo calfskin
Not on view

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