The Houston Ship Channel (mural study, Houston, Texas Parcel Post Building)

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Object Details

Artist

Jerry Bywaters, born Paris, TX 1906-died Dallas, TX 1989

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration

Date

1938

Object number

1974.28.299A-B

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

oil on paperboard

Dimensions

overall: 16 1/4 x 40 in. (41.3 x 101.6 cm)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Figure group

Cityscape\wharf

Study\mural study

Occupation\industry\shipping

Landscape\Texas\Houston

Architecture\boat\freighter

New Deal\Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture\Texas

Object\written matter\map

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk79f249910-8cb2-4f08-811f-f98bc909c3ce

Record ID

saam_1974.28.299A-B