Post Office Relief – Great Neck NY

City:
Great Neck, NY

Site Type:
Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief

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

Completed:
1940

Artist:
Gaetano Cecere

Description

The front entrance of the main post office in Great Neck, New York is decorated with a New Deal-funded bas relief of an eagle and stars installed by Gaetano Cecere. The work was financed by Section of Fine Arts funding and completed in 1940.

Source notes

https://www.wpamurals.org/newyork.htm
https://www.greatneckplaza.net/historic/vsurvey.php?p=postoffice

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 17, 2012.

Location Info


1 Welwyn Rd.
Great Neck, NY 11021

Coordinates: 40.787577, -73.72247

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