- City:
- Struthers, OH
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1940
- Artist:
- W. Bimel Kehm
Description
The historic post office building in Orrville, Ohio houses an example of New Deal artwork: the plaster bas relief “Citizens” by W. Bimel Kehm. The work, completed in 1940, was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
Source notes
Sharon E. Dean and Karal Ann Marling, Covering History: Revisiting Federal Art in Cleveland, 1933-43. The Cleveland Public Library and the Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2006. (Quote: pp. 24-25).
https://www.wpamurals.org/ohio.htm
Site originally submitted by The Living New Deal on June 18, 2013.
Additional contributions by Andrew Gallentine.
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