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 John Sloan 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 TextMany prestigious American artists received commissions to create murals in newly-built Federal buildings from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, which sought to sponsor art "of the best quality available." Like many New Deal murals created for U.S. Post Offices, John Sloan's still-extant mural cycle designed for the Bronxville, New York Post Office celebrates the historic role of the postal service at the center of American communities and commerce.
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