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Mail Delivery (East - Eastern Mailman - One of Four), (sculpture). Artist:  Amateis, Edmond, 1897-1981, sculptor. Sternfeld, Harry, architect. Title:  Mail Delivery (East - Eastern Mailman - One of Four), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Mail Delivery: North, South, East, West, (sculpture). Dates:  1941. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Relief: granite. Dimensions:  Relief: approx. H. 108 in. W. 120 in. Inscription:  (Relief, lower right edge:) Edmond Amateis signed Description:  One of four reliefs flanking the main entrance to the post office on 9th Street. The reliefs symbolize the tireless efforts of postal workers who deliver the mail in the various outer reaches of America. Representing the Eastern United States is a mailman dressed in a traditional postal uniform of the 1940s consisting of a double-breasted jacket and small round cap. In front of him is the bumper of a 1940s car and a mailbox attached to a fluted column. With his proper right hand, he reaches into a mailbox to collect the mail. He carries a mail pouch slung over his proper left shoulder and rests his proper left hand on the strap. Behind him is another fluted column. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Service -- Postman Dress -- Uniform -- Postal Uniform Object -- Other -- Mailbox Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of General Services, Washington, District of Columbia Located United States Post Office and Court House, William Penn Annex, 9th & Chestnut streets, 9th Street entrance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  Relief was created as part of the Works Progress Administration. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 219. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 219. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS PA000507   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000507 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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