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Post Office Mural – Berwyn IL

"The Picnic" Detail

"The Picnic" Detail

Photo: S. Bailey © All Rights Reserved 2013

"The Picnic" Detail

"The Picnic" Detail

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
Completed:
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Description

Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “The Picnic” painted by Richard Haines in 1942.

Source notes

http://www.wpamurals.com/illinois.html

Becker, Heather. Art for the People: The Rediscovery and Preservation of Progressive- and WPA-era Murals in the Chicago Public Schools, 1904-1943. San Francisco: Chronicle, 2002. Print.

Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery / Arts & Letters Cafe. N.p., n.d. Web. www.SullivanGoss.com

Deuchler, Douglas. Berwyn. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2005. Print.

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Location Info

6625 Cermak Road
Berwyn, IL 60402

Coordinates: 41.8503637, -87.79003030000001

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