Study for "The First Mail Arriving in Bronxville, 1846"

© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publica…
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.
Study for "The First Mail Arriving in Bronxville, 1846"
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.

Study for "The First Mail Arriving in Bronxville, 1846"

Date1939
Artist (American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 5 × 16 in. (12.7 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 13 1/4 × 19 1/16 in. (33.7 × 48.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1980
Object number1980-214.234
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn 1938, Sloan received a commission from the Treasury Department to paint a mural for the U. S. Post Office in Bronxville, New York. This sketch was produced as a preliminary study for the 16-foot-long painting. To complete the monumental image, Sloan used a projector to cast his drawings onto the wall.
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