- City:
- San Francisco, CA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Arts Project (FAP), Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Artist:
- Richard Ayer
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Richard Ayer create two artworks on the third floor of the visitors center (former Aquatic Park bathhouse) at the Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. One is a bas relief “Nautical Abstractions” is composed of paint on plaster with embedded rope and piping. The other is a mural, “Tugboats”.
Both pieces were completed in 1939 with the help of Federal Art Project (FAP) funds.
Source notes
Site originally submitted by Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: on July 21, 2013.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
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