- City:
- Chicago, IL
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Arts Project (FAP), Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1938
- Artists:
- Meuzenmeier, Peter Paul Ott, Sarner, Svend Ericksen, William McGrory
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Among several other New Deal artworks at the Lane Tech High School are these carved mahogany bas-reliefs in the school library. These 15′ x 6′ reliefs were carved by sculptor Peter Paul Ott, with assistance from wood workers Conzelman, Meuzenmeier, Sarner, Ericksen and McGrory. The reliefs were completed between 1936 and 1938 with support from the WPA Federal Art Project.
Source notes
https://chicagohistoricschools.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/albert-g-lane-technical-high-school/
https://chicagohistoricschools.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/albert-g-lane-technical-high-school/
Site originally submitted by New Deal Art Registry on July 27, 2014.
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Laurie Mallin
There was a Mural Club at Lane Tech in 1943 or 1944. Does the school have any murals from those years?