"Pied Piper of Hamelin"
Project type: Art, Sculpture and Bas Relief
New Deal Agencies: Treasury Department (TD), Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP)
Completed: 1936
Artists: Domenico Mortellito
Quality of Information: Moderate
Marked:
Yes
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
Two one-foot square cast-aluminum plates, depicting the “Pied Piper of Hamelin,” were produced by Domenico Mortellito in 1936 and installed in the Small Mammal House at the National Zoo.
These pieces were commissioned and paid for by the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP), which gave work to unemployed artists in the Depression.
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"Pied Piper of Hamelin"
Source notes
Project originally submitted by New Deal Art Registry on July 22, 2013.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
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