Post Office Mural – Flandreau SD

City:
Flandreau, SD

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

Started:
1940

Completed:
1940

Artist:
Matthew E. Ziegler

Description

This 1940 oil-on-canvas mural, “Wheat in the Shock,” by Matthew Ziegler, was created for the then-new Flandreau post office. The artwork was a winner of the Treasury Section’s 48-State Post Office Mural Competition.

Source notes

Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/3561153992/ "The New Deal: A 75th Anniversary Celebration." Kathryn Flynn with Richard Polese. https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=28392

Location Info


102 West 2nd Ave.
Flandreau, SD 57028

Location notes: Lobby

Coordinates: 44.049658, -96.59581

At this Location:

Site Details

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