- City:
- Buchanan, MI
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA), Treasury Department
- Completed:
- 1941
- Artist:
- Gertrude Goodrich
Description
The historic post office in Buchanan, Michigan houses an example of New Deal artwork: “Production,” a 1941 Treasury of Fine Arts-commissioned tempera mural by Gertrude Goodrich.
Source notes
https://www.savethepostoffice.com/node/9867Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 7, 2015.
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We visited this post office on August 9, 2022. The mural is painted over and it appears they have put up in its place a reproduction of the pen and ink drawing that was the artists concept. Just a guess.
You can view a rendering of the mural via the Smithsonian https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/production-mural-study-buchanan-michigan-post-office-9311