- City:
- Beverly Hills, CA
- Site Type:
- Murals, Art Works
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP), Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1936
- Artist:
- Charles Kassler
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1936, Charles Kassler painted a series of eight lunette murals for the former Beverly Hills Post Office (today’s Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts). Located at either end of the Grand Hall’s interior, the lunettes “Post Rider” and “Air Mail” were funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA) and depict the past and future of the mail service. The remaining six lunettes, collectively titled “Construction–PWA”, were funded by the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP).
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry
New Deal/W.P.A. Art in California webpage (accessed Mar. 5, 2023)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 20, 2014.
Additional contributions by Alberto Velazquez.
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