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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Amateis, Edmond,     Sternfeld, Harry,     Figure male -- Full length     Occupation -- Service     Occupation -- Other     Object -- Other     Landscape -- Plant     Western     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia     Relief     Sculpture

Mail Delivery (West - Cowboy - One of Four), (sculpture). Artist:  Amateis, Edmond, 1897-1981, sculptor. Sternfeld, Harry, architect. Title:  Mail Delivery (West - Cowboy - 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 left 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 west is a male dressed as a cowboy delivering a letter to one of two mailboxes in front of him. He wears chaps, a shirt with a bandanna tied around the neck, cowboy boots, and heavy gloves. He holds his cowboy hat behind with his proper right hand which rests on his proper right hip. He leans over taking a step onto the curb with his proper left foot. His proper left elbow rests on his bent left leg as he reaches over to deliver a letter that he hold in his proper left hand. The relief is framed by three tall cacti. A short round cactus is at the base of the mailboxes. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Service -- Postman Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy Object -- Other -- Mailbox Landscape -- Plant -- Cactus Western 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 PA000508   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000508 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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