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Industry, Education, Eagle, Aviation, Agriculture, (sculpture). Artist:  Barbarossa, Theodore Cotillo, 1906- , architect. La Salle, Dominic, assistant. Bartoli, Guiseppe, assistant. Henn, Rudolph, assistant. Title:  Industry, Education, Eagle, Aviation, Agriculture, (sculpture). Dates:  1938. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast stone or limestone. Dimensions:  5 panels. Each panel: approx. H. 5 ft. x W. 2 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Five rectangular, Art Deco style bas-relief panels depicting scenes of Industry, Education, Aviation, Agriculture, and an eagle are installed on the brick facade of a post office. To the far left is Industry, depicting gears and a man holding a hammer. To its proper left is Education, showing a student, a book, and a lamp of learning. In the center, over the post office entrance, is a panel with an eagle with spread wings. To the proper left of the eagle panel is Aviation, depicting a man carrying an airplane. On the far right is Agriculture, showing a woman carrying a sheaf of wheat, with a rising or setting sun in the bottom left corner. Subject:  Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Transportation Figure group Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane Occupation -- Education -- Student Object -- Foliage -- Wheat Object -- Furniture -- Lamp Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Tool -- Hammer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Geneva Architectural component Relief Sculpture Owner:  Geneva Post Office, 67 Castle Street, Geneva, New York 14456 Remarks:  The panels were designed by Barbaroosa and carved with assistance from La Salle, Bartoli, and Henn. The panels were created as part of the federal Treasury Arts Project (TRAP). IAS files contain nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places for the Geneva Post Office. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 NY001063   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY001063 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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