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Power

Power

Eric Mose painting Power, 1936. Historical process photograph; it does not show the mural’s present condition.

Photograph: Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project; photographer unknown. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Photo license: Public domain ; U.S. federal government (WPA)

Photograph source

NYC’s school art inventory records Eric Mose’s Power as a 1936 fresco secco at the Samuel Gompers school building in the Bronx. Public-domain Federal Art Project photographs show Mose working on the wall painting and standing in the room with it. The images document the historical installation, not its current condition.

Artist
Eric Mose
City
New York City
Country
United States
Location
Samuel Gompers school building, 455 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York City, NY
Year
1936
Record
CELLA-7126

History and sources

  1. Published source

    Added to Cella:

    Art in DOE buildings ; NYC School Construction Authority

    reviewed_public_source

  2. Archive photograph

    Added to Cella:

    WPA-Mural-Power-Eric-Mose-1.jpg

    Photograph: Photograph: Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project; photographer unknown. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

    Eric Mose painting Power, 1936. Historical process photograph; it does not show the mural’s present condition.

    Photo license: Public domain ; U.S. federal government (WPA)

    reviewed_public_source

  3. Archive photograph

    Added to Cella:

    WPA-Mural-Power-Eric-Mose-2.jpg

    Photograph: Photograph: Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project; photographer unknown. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

    Eric Mose and the installation scaffolding for Power, 1936. Historical process photograph.

    Photo license: Public domain ; U.S. federal government (WPA)

    reviewed_public_source

  4. Archive photograph

    Added to Cella:

    WPA-Mural-Power-Eric-Mose-3.jpg

    Photograph: Photograph: Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project; photographer unknown. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

    Eric Mose standing with Power at the Samuel Gompers school building, 1936. Historical installation view.

    Photo license: Public domain ; U.S. federal government (WPA)

    reviewed_public_source

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