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Title |
Tobacco |
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Sculptor |
Schmitz, Carl, 1900-1967 |
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Creation Date |
12/1/1940 |
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Location |
Covington Post Office |
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Address |
700 Scott Blvd. |
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Medium |
Stone, Limestone |
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Dimensions |
Sculpture: 34"x120"x10", No Base |
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Supplemental Materials |
"Reliefs on Covington Federal Building Work of New York Artist", The Kentucky Post, Friday, Nov. 22, 1940. |
These limestone relief sculptures were created in 1940 as part of the Federal Art Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration. The project was created to provide work for artists by incorporating sculpture and painting into federal buildings. "Tobacco" and "Horsebreeding" were designed by Carl Schmitz of New York, and were commissioned following his winning entry in a competition sponsored by the Sections of Fine Arts of the Public Buildings Administration. Based on full size plaster models by Schmitz, the designs were carved on the north and south entrance lintels of the Post Office, by Reinhold Hirlund of Cincinnati.
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This page last updated 18 March 1997.