Tile mural, "Raising the Flag at Monterey..." Post Office - Monterey CA
Agency: Arts Programs
Completed: 1933
Artists: Stanton Willard
Quality of Information: Good
Marked:
Unknown
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
Two glazed ceramic tile murals can be found in the Monterey CA main post office. Both are by Stanton Willard and are titled: “Raising the Flag at Monterey by the Forces of Commander Sloat, July 7, 1846” and “The landing of Sebastian Viscaino at Monterey, December 16, 1602”.
The murals are large – 4′ x 6′ and 4′ x 8′ – and are situated at the front porch.
They would likely have been commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Art but given their date of 1933, they might have been done under the Treasury Relief Art Project.
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Tile mural, "The Landing of Sebastian Viscaino..." at post office - Monterey CA
Source notes
Project originally submitted by New Deal Art Registry on June 28, 2011.
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I love tile murals. Don’t see them used too often.