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Colonial Mail, color sketch, unrealized
Colonial Mail, color sketch, unrealized
Object number2015.23.6

Colonial Mail, color sketch, unrealized

Datec. 1938
attributed to (American, 1917 - 1995)
CultureAmerican
MediumTempera on Joseph Mayer Co. illustration board painted with gesso
DimensionsComposition: 11 1/2 x 27 7/8 in. (29.21 x 70.8 cm)
Support: 15 5/16 x 32 in. (38.89 x 81.28 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan and Steven Hirsch, class of 1971
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
BibliographyPhagan, Patricia. Celebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection. (Poughkeepsie: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 2016), p.76-79, repr. p.76, no.34.ProvenanceEstate of Eduardo Chavez; Susan and Steven Hirsch, New York, NY
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryCelebrating Heroes: American Mural Studies of the 1930s and the 1940s from the Steven and Susan Hirsch Collection, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 2 - December 18, 2016; Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 5 - June 15, 2019
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu
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