Post Office Sculptures - Evanston IL

: "Mail Handler"

Project type: Art Works, Sculptures

Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA), Arts Programs

Completed: 1938

Artists: Robert I. Russin

Quality of Information: Minimal, Moderate

Site Survival: Extant

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Description

The post office contains two 5.5′ x 7′ cast aluminum sculptures covered with gold foil by Robert I. Russin. “Mail Handler” and “Throwing the Mail” were completed with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds in 1938.

: "Throwing the Mail"

"Throwing the Mail"
Photo: Barbara Bernstein Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved.

"Throwing the Mail"

: "Throwing the Mail"

"Throwing the Mail"
Photo: Barbara Bernstein Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved.

"Throwing the Mail"

: "Mail Handler"

"Mail Handler"
Photo: Barbara Bernstein Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved.

"Mail Handler"

Source notes

Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/

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Location Info

1101 Davis Street
Evanston, IL 60201

Location notes: Lobby, west side

Coordinates: 42.046999, -87.686695

Post Office Sculptures – Evanston IL

"Mail Handler"

"Mail Handler"

"Mail Handler"

Description

"Throwing the Mail"

"Throwing the Mail"

"Throwing the Mail"

"Throwing the Mail"

"Mail Handler"

"Mail Handler"

Source notes

Location Info

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