- City:
- Suffern, NY
- Site Type:
- Sculpture and Bas Relief, Art Works
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Artist:
- Elliott Means
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The historic post office in Suffern, New York houses an example of New Deal artwork: “Communication”, a relief by sculptor Elliot Means. “It depicts a partially clothed woman, surrounded by the moon, clouds, stars, mountains and waves, shooting a bow with flaming arrow” (Wikipedia). The relief was created under the Section of Fine Arts program in 1937.
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_%28Suffern,_New_York%29
https://www.wpamurals.org/newyork.htm
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 18, 2016.
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