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Amateis, Edmond,
Sternfeld, Harry,
Figure male -- Full length
Ethnic -- African American
Occupation -- Service
Landscape -- Tropic
Landscape -- Tree
Object -- Fruit
Object -- Fruit
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Relief
Sculpture
Mail Delivery (South - Cane Cutter - One of Four), (sculpture).
Artist:
Amateis, Edmond, 1897-1981, sculptor.
Sternfeld, Harry, architect.
Title:
Mail Delivery (South - Cane Cutter - 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 south (Panama Canal Zone) is an African-American male delivering the mail to a rural mailbox. The bare-chested male is dressed in only a pair of trousers. He bends over carrying a bag of mail over his proper right shoulder and lifting a bundle of mail with his proper left hand. At his feet is a large cluster of bananas. Two palm trees frame the relief and a pineapple rests in the foreground by the base of the mailbox.
Subject:
Figure male
--
Full length
Ethnic
--
African American
Occupation
--
Service
--
Postman
Landscape
--
Tropic
Landscape
--
Tree
--
Palm Tree
Object
--
Fruit
--
Banana
Object
--
Fruit
--
Pineapple
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 PA000506
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