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Maintaining America's Skills

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Title

Maintaining America's Skills

Subject

Four laborers are hard at work, as Guston emphasizes the role of New Deal programs in sustaining the life of the American worker.

Description

Guston won this prestigious commission for the mural on the facade of the Works Progress Administration building at the 1939 New York World's Fair in Queens.

Creator

Philip Guston

Date

1939

Format

Fresco

Type

Mural

Citation

Philip Guston, “Maintaining America's Skills,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 26, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14356.