- City:
- New York, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Artists:
- Edmond R. Amateis, Louis Slobodkin
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The exterior of the Madison Square Station post office sports five bronze reliefs above its main entrance (on 23rd St.) known, collectively, as “Communication.” Three were cast by Edmond R. Amateis and two by Louis Slobodkin in 1937, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
Source notes
Wikipedia - Madison Square Station
C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939).
"The New Deal: A 75th Anniversary Celebration." Kathryn Flynn with Richard Polese.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 25, 2014.
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