Detail of Edgar Britton "Petroleum Industry: Distribution and Use", Interior Dept - Washington DC
Description
The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time.
Edgar Britton painted “Petroleum Industry: Production” and “Petroleum Industry: Distribution and Use” in 1939, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. These frescoes to recognize the Petroleum Division of the Bureau of Mines are hung in the 4th floor main corridor, north of the elevator lobby.
The Department of Interior Museum offers regular mural tours; check their website for information and registration.
For more information on the Interior building, its art and the artists, see Look and Perrault 1986 (below – available online). Artworks begin on p. 110.
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Detail of Edgar Britton, "Petroleum Industry: Production", Interior Dept - Washington DC
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Detail of Edgar Britton "Petroleum Industry: Distribution and Use", Interior Dept - Washington DC
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Detail of Edgar Britton, "Petroleum Industry: Production", Interior Dept - Washington DC
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Edgar Britton, "Petroleum Industry: Production", Interior Dept - Washington DC
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Edgar Britton, "Petroleum Industry: Production", Interior Dept - Washington DC
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Edgar Britton "Petroleum Industry: Distribution and Use", Interior Dept - Washington DC
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Edgar Britton "Petroleum Industry: Distribution and Use", Interior Dept - Washington DC
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Plaque for Edgar Britton "Petroleum Industry", Interior Dept - Washington DC
Source notes
Look, David and Carole Perrault. The Interior Building: Its Architecture and Its Art. Washington DC: US Department of Interior, National Park Service, 1986. pp. 110-172. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015029850214&view=1up&seq=1
Project originally submitted by New Deal Art Registry on December 30, 2014.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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