Tamayo Mural – New York NY

City:
New York, New York City, NY

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1936

Artist:
Rufino Tamayo

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

This 1936 WPA mural by Rufino Tamayo is on extended loan to the New York Museum of Modern Art.

The history of the mural before it was placed in the museum is unknown to the Living New Deal.

Source notes

New Deal for Art: The Government Art Projects of the 1930s With Examples from New York City and State. Gallery Assn of Ny State Inc, 1977. https://www.scholarsresource.com

Location Info


11 W 53rd St
New York, NY 10019
New York County

Coordinates: 40.761417, -73.9771203

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