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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Schmitz, Carl Ludwig,     Hirlund, Reinhold,     Simon, Louis A.,     Ellett, Thomas Harlan,     Melick, Neal A.,     Alfred, James,     Figure female -- Full length     Figure male -- Child     Recreation -- Leisure     Object -- Foliage     Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Covington     Mural     Sculpture

Tobacco, (sculpture). Artist:  Schmitz, Carl Ludwig, 1900-1967, sculptor. Hirlund, Reinhold, carver. Simon, Louis A., architect. Ellett, Thomas Harlan, 1880-1951, architect. Melick, Neal A., engineer. Alfred, James, engineer. Title:  Tobacco, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1940. Dedicated ca. Jan. 1941. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Indiana limestone. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 2 ft. 10 in. x W. 11 ft. 10 in. Description:  A young female, thought to be a tobacco farmer's daughter, in a reclining position, reads a letter to her younger brother, seated at her feet. She is wearing a simple dress and is barefoot. He wears long pants and a shirt with collar and rolled-up sleeves. In the background, between the girl and boy is a tobacco plant. Another tobacco plant is behind her on the right side of the relief. The tobacco plants are symbolic of Kentucky's tobacco industry. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Figure male -- Child Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Object -- Foliage -- Tobacco Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Covington Mural Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States General Services Administration, Washington, District of Columbia Located United States Post Office and Courthouse, 700 Scott Boulevard, Over entrance door to post office, Covington, Kentucky 41011 Remarks:  One of two murals (see also IAS record 66400073, Horsebreeding) on the building done by the artist through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Section of Fine Arts of the Public Buildings Administration of the Federal Works Agency. The new post office cost $450,000. Schmitz was paid $6,000 for the reliefs. Ellett was the consulting architect and Simon was the supervising architect. Schmitz designed and modelled the relief murals, and contracted with Hirlund for the carving. IAS files contain related 1940 correspondence with the artist regarding subcontracting of work. IAS files also contain related excerpts from Tristate Magazine, Dec. 14, 1986, pg. 12-17; and Kentucky Post, Nov. 22, 1940 and March 25, 1994. The image that appears in the Nov. 22, 1940 edition of the Kentucky Post is reversed. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994. United States General Services Administration, 1988. Illustration:  Image on file. Kentucky Post, Nov. 22, 1940. Related Works:  Companion to: 66400073. 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 66400074   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 66400074 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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