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Subject:
Calapai, Letterio  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Place:
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Date:
ca. 1937
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Summary:
Letterio Calapai working on a mural for the WPA. <br> Identification on verso (handwritten): 101st Army Signal Corps; artist: Calapai<br> Identification on accompanying label: The Civil War, left panel of a mural, "The Evolution of Communications in American Wars", painted for the 101st Battalion Signal Corps. 801 Dean St., Brooklyn, by Letterio Calapai, under the direction of the WPA Federal Art Project.
Citation:
Letterio Calapai, ca. 1937. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Topic:
Art and state  Search this
Artists at or with their work  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this
Painting  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)3129
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Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965, bulk 1935-1942
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_3129