Going North 2, (sculpture).

Going North 2, (sculpture).

Scheler, Armin A., 1901- , sculptor.

Bollenbacher, John C., 1884-1939, architect.

Going North 2, (sculpture).

Digital Reference:

ARMIN SCHELER signed

Seated male figure looks down to his proper left at another seated figure who is positioned diagonally below him. The seated male has his proper left leg bent up near his chest, and his proper right hand grasps his proper left ankle. In his proper left hand he hold what looks like a broom. The lower seated figure has its proper left leg bent under and its proper right arm reaching across its waist.

Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Evanston

Evanston Post Office, 1101 Davis Street, Over entrance, Evanston, Illinois 60201

Commissioned by the Works Progress Administration. Unable to tell which alternate title, "The Message" or "The Answer," goes with this work and which goes with Scheler's other reflief on the Evanston Post Office --IAS 87660049. Both titles were given in the George Mavigliano publication.

Mavigliano, George & Richard Lawson, "The Federal Art Project in Illinois: 1935-1943," Southern Illinois University Press, 1990.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.

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