Suffern post office relief
Project type: Sculpture and Bas Relief, Art Works
Artists: Elliott Means
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
The historic post office in Suffern, New York houses an example of New Deal artwork: “Communication”, a relief by sculptor Elliot Means. “It depicts a partially clothed woman, surrounded by the moon, clouds, stars, mountains and waves, shooting a bow with flaming arrow” (Wikipedia). The relief was created under the Section of Fine Arts program in 1937.
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Suffern post office relief signature
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_%28Suffern,_New_York%29
https://www.wpamurals.com/newyork.htm
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 18, 2016.
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