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Archives of American Art
Exhibition : 200 American Watercolors / by the Section of Fine Arts
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.unstdetr
- Creators:
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United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine ArtsUnited States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
- Dates:
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1940
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Item(10 p. on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An exhibition catalog of 200 American watercolors with a foreword by Edward Bruce and a listing of each artist and the title of his work. The paintings were chosen by a jury including Charles Burchfield, John Marin, Eliot O'Hara, and Buk Ulreich. They were then bought by the U.S. government and hung in the Carville, Louisiana, Marine Hospital.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Established 1934 under the Treasury Department as the Section of Painting and Sculpture. Name changed to Section of Fine Arts in 1938. In 1939, the Federal Works Agency was established and set up the Public Buildings Administration, which combined the Treasury Department's Public Buildings Branch and the Branch of Public Buildings of the National Park Service. The Section's function was to decorate new federal buildings. Unlike the other New Deal art agencies, it was not a relief project, but awarded contracts through a juried system of competition.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm roll 3483 available at all Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Keywords
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New Deal, 1933-1939 | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Federal aid to the arts | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Art and state | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Federal aid to public welfare | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Watercolor painting | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Marin, John, 1870-1953 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
O'Hara, Eliot, 1890-1969 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Ulreich, Eduard | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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