Albuquerque Veterans’ Hospital Decorative Ceiling Wood Carving – Albuquerque NM

City:
Albuquerque, NM

Site Type:
Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)

Description

These carvings adorn the ceiling of Building No. 1 of the Veterans’ Hospital, which was likely also a WPA project. From Public Art and Architecture in New Mexico 1933-1943 by Kathryn Flynn (2012): “Building No. 1 which currently houses the Psychology Department was one of the buildings constructed during the WPA activities and has unusually fine carved animal heads on the corbels which are at the end of the ceiling vigas. The carver or carvers are unknown. WPA handmade furniture is located throughout the building.”

Source notes

Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/ Text excerpt courtesy of Kathryn Flynn, Public Art and Architecture in New Mexico 1933-1943: A Guide to the New Deal Legacy, Sunstone Press (2012), p. 29

Location Info


1501 S. San Pedro SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108

Location notes: Ceiling of Building No. 1

Coordinates: 35.051860, -106.571417

Site Details

NDAR [email protected] created on 2012-07-03 11:34:30 -0700 NDAR barbara.[email protected] last modified on 2012-07-03 11:38:59 -0700

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