Copper repousee light fixtures
Photo: Charles Swaney
Project type: Art
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Artists: Otto Koehler
Quality of Information: Good
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
These two elaborate hanging light fixtures supply primary lighting to the large meeting room on the second floor of the firehouse and were produced separately as a project of the Monterrey WPA Art Project. They have a hexagonal shape, copper sides and top with a high relief of leaves. A white glass filters light to the floor.
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Copper repousee light fixtures
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Monterrey newspaper from Carmel library, historical collections
Source notes
“WPA Art Project worth $1,000,000,” article Monterrey newspaper from Carmel library, historical collections.
Project originally submitted by Charles Swaney on July 2, 2018.
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