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Metadata
Title |
[Preparatory Drawing for Map Makers of the World] |
Date |
circa 1939 |
Object Name |
Drawing |
Description |
Pencil sketches made as prep for the mural in the library Southern California Art Project, WPA. Subjects include Mayan Indians in Mexico, coming of Cortez, Spanish period of the great rancho, Mission Padres instructing the Indians, Gold Rush coming of the 49ers, the great migration of the homesteaders, Klondike gold rush, Alaskan Eskimos and hunters and Northwest Native American fishing culture. "Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection U.S. General Services Administration." WPA / PWAP |
Catalog Number |
DR28 |
School Site # |
8462 |
School Name |
Virgil Middle School |
Dimension Details |
11"h x 57"w (approximately) |
Image size |
11" x 57" |
Material |
Pencil on paper |
Artist |
Heller, Bessie Peirce |
Role Artist |
Artist |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration |
Collection |
WPA / PWA |
Art School |
New Deal Art |
Relation |
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