Project type: Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
Completed: 1939
Artists: Henry Van Wolf
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Description
The historic post office building in Fairport, New York housed a example of New Deal artwork inside: a Treasury Section of Fine Arts-commissioned bronze relief entitled “The Harvest.” Henry Van Wolf completed the work in 1939, and it was installed in the post office lobby. The present whereabouts of the work is unknown to Living New Deal.
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www.wpamurals.com/newyork.htm
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 24, 2015.
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It’s in the Perinton Post Office now. at routes 31 and 250, about 5 miles south of its original Fairport NY location
This piece is now located at the Fairport Post Office at 770 Ayrault Rd. It was moved when the retail post office (formerly on Route 31) merged back into what used to be called the carrier annex.