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Totten, Vicken Von Post,
Totten, George Oakley, Jr.,
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Travel
Landscape -- Celestial
Landscape -- Celestial
Ethnic -- Indian
Architecture -- Vehicle
Architecture -- Vehicle
Architecture -- Vehicle
Architecture -- Boat
Architecture -- Vehicle
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Waterbury
Relief
Architectural component
Sculpture
(Post Office Reliefs), (sculpture).
Artist:
Totten, Vicken Von Post, b. 1886, sculptor.
Totten, George Oakley, Jr., architect.
Title:
(Post Office Reliefs), (sculpture).
Dates:
1932.
Medium:
Limestone.
Dimensions:
Each panel: approx. 2.5 ft. x 8 ft. x 1 in.
Inscription:
(Lower right corner of each panel:) Vicken Von Post Totten 1932 signed
Description:
Eleven relief panels depicting the history of transportation. The first panel depicts a globe surrounded by orbiting planets and stars. North and South America are also included in this panel. The second panel has nine birds flying toward a sunburst in the lower right-hand corner of the panel. The third panel depicts two Native Americans seated on the left side, and a Native American running towards them, with gift in outstretched hand. Fourth panel depicts a man and a woman waiting to receive a bag from a man on horseback. The fifth panel depicts a stagecoach and four horses. The sixth panel depicts a steam locomotive pulling three passenger cars and a freight car. The seventh panel has a small boat, a side wheeler, in rough water. The eighth panel depicts a large steamship in front of a cityscape and bridge. A train moves around a sweeping turn in the ninth panel. The tenth panel has an airplane flying into the sun. The eleventh panel is the same as the first panel.
Subject:
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Transportation
Travel
Landscape -- Celestial -- Star
Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun
Ethnic -- Indian
Architecture -- Vehicle -- Carriage
Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon
Architecture -- Vehicle -- Train
Architecture -- Boat -- Riverboat
Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Waterbury
Relief
Architectural component
Sculpture
Owner:
United States Postal Service, Building Maintenance, 135 Grand Street, Waterbury, Connecticut
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
Bas-relief panels are set within the lower facade of a 15-bay, two-story Art Deco building. The designing architect of the Post Office building was George Oakley Totten, Jr. The panels were produced as part of the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration. The building is a part of the Cass Gilbert National Register Historic District.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
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 CT000173
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CT000173
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