Picnic in Kansas (mural study, Horton, Kansas Post Office)

Kenneth Evett, Picnic in Kansas (mural study, Horton, Kansas Post Office), ca. 1937-1938, tempera on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration , 1962.8.19
Kenneth Evett, Picnic in Kansas (mural study, Horton, Kansas Post Office), ca. 1937-1938, tempera on fiberboard, 10 x 26 1⁄8 in. (25.4 x 66.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration , 1962.8.19

Artwork Details

Title
Picnic in Kansas (mural study, Horton, Kansas Post Office)
Artist
Date
ca. 1937-1938
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
10 x 26 1⁄8 in. (25.4 x 66.5 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration 
Mediums
Mediums Description
tempera on fiberboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Recreation — picnic
  • Landscape — farm
  • Animal — dog
  • Study — mural study
  • Landscape — Kansas
  • New Deal — Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
  • Figure group — male and female
Object Number
1962.8.19
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1962.8.19

Works by this artist (2 items)

Will Simmons, Honeymoon, n.d., etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.296
Honeymoon
Artist
Daten.d.
etching
Not on view
Will Simmons, Ariel, n.d., aquatint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.297
Ariel
Artist
Daten.d.
aquatint
Not on view

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