- City:
- Santa Monica, CA
- Site Type:
- Murals, Art Works
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Arts Project (FAP), Arts Programs
- Completed:
- 1935
- Artist:
- Conrad Buff
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Originally painted for Santa Monica High School’s library in 1935—likely under the auspices of the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP)—Conrad Buff’s mural “Westward II” was being stored in Barnum Hall as of 2018.
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry
Historic Resources Group (HRG), Santa Monica High School Campus Plan: Historic Resources Technical Report, July 2018, p. 23.
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