Clinton Federal Building: Maldarelli Sculpture – Washington DC

State:
WASHINGTON-DC

Site Type:
Art Works, Sculptures

New Deal Agencies:
Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA), Arts Programs, Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department

Started:
1936

Completed:
1936

Artist:
Oronzio Maldarelli

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Unknown

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Oronzio Maldarelli was commissioned by the New Deal’s Treasury Section of Fine Arts to create the sculpture “Airmail Pilot.” It is made out of an aluminum alloy, and Maldarelli was paid $3,000 for the job. When this artwork was created, the present-day Clinton Federal Building was the headquarters of the U.S. Post Office Department.

The Treasury Section of Fine Arts existed from 1934 to 1943. It was initially called the “Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture”; then the “Treasury Section of Fine Arts”; and finally just “Section of Fine Arts” when it was moved under the jurisdiction of the newly-created Public Buildings Administration (PBA) in 1939 (the PBA itself was a subdivision of the Federal Works Agency). The Section adorned many post offices and other federal buildings with murals, sculptures, carvings, and reliefs.

Source notes

https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/gsa-properties/visiting-public-buildings/william-

Final Report, Section of Fine Arts, Public Buildings Administration, October 16, 1934 to July 15, 1943, p. 5.

Airmail Pilot,” General Services Administration (accessed September 26, 2020).

 

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on October 6, 2020.

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