Pioneers Tilling Soil and Building Log Cabin (mural study, Carthage, Illinois Post Office)

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Object Details

Artist

Karl Kelpe, born Germany 1898-died Elmwood Park, IL 1973

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration

Date

ca. 1938

Object number

1962.8.84

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

tempera on paperboard

Dimensions

15 1/2 x 34 in. (39.4 x 86.3 cm)

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Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Figure group

Occupation\industry\construction

Occupation\farm\harvesting

Architecture\domestic\cottage

History\United States\westward expansion

Study\mural study

Architecture\vehicle\wagon

New Deal\Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture\Illinois

Occupation\other\pioneer

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7bfb22e32-d1ee-4bcb-bcf0-9a415e41cd5e

Record ID

saam_1962.8.84