United States Postal Service Powderhorn & Maple Way Jackson Wyoming 83002
Date:
Commissioned ca. 1995. Dec. 1995. Installed Jan. 1996
Notes:
Roll-preissler, Audrey, 1996.
Image on file.
Jackson Hole Guide, (Jackson, WY) Dec. 6, 1995, pg. A19.
Jackson Hole News, (Jackson, WY), Sept. 4, 1996, pg. 11A.
(On mail bag:) U. S. MAIL (Across chest of far left figure:) JACKSON signed
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Summary:
Relief depicts four lines of people at a post office counter. Four postal workers, each behind a computer, attend to the customers. A horse, representative of the Pony Express, stands in the background. The customers are from all walks of life, including mothers with children, skiers, cowboys and working people. To the left stands a figure of Jackson Pollock, who was named for the town. He wears a cowboy hat, a white shirt and blue trousers, all covered with paint drips. He holds paintbrushes in his proper left hand. The word "JACKSON" appears on his shirt.
