- City:
- Bisbee, AZ
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Artists:
- George Sellers, R. Phillips Sanderson
Description
“The Cochise County Courthouse contains several pieces of New Deal art. ‘A Cavalcade of Cochise County History’ is depicted in six bas-reliefs that line the entryway. R. Phillips Sanderson was funded by the Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration to produce these plaster sculptures. On the second floor landing hangs another WPA commission, an impressive relief map of Cochise County created by artist George Sellers. Forty-four pounds of screws, nails, tacks, and over 2,000 cups of plaster were used to create the map.”
Source notes
"The New Deal in Arizona: Connections to Our Historic Landscape," University of Arizona, The New Deal in Arizona Chapter of the National New Deal Preservation Association. https://www.library.arizona.edu/newdeal/map.html Photos available at: https://content.library.arizona.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/NewDeal/id/217At this Location:
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