Creator:

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Subject:

United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture  Search this

Great Depression  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Place:

Washington, D.C.

Date:

1935 May 31

Place of publication, production, or execution:

Other

Physical Description:

Letter : 5 p. : typescript ; 27 x 21 cm.

Summary:

Rowan, Superintendent of the Section of Paintings and Sculpture, writes to inform Gross that he has been selected to participate in a competition to create a sculpture of a postman for the Post Office Department Building in Washington. <br>Included are diagrams of the niche which would hold the sculpture, and an elevation and floorplan of the room where the sculpture would be installed.

Citation:

Edward Beatty Rowan. Edward Beatty Rowan, Washington, D.C. letter to Chaim Gross, New York, N.Y., 1935 May 31. Chaim Gross papers, 1920-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

U.S. public domain

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Public sculpture  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)11037

See more items in:

Chaim Gross papers, 1920-2004

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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