Public Works of Art Project Committee, 1934?

Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.

Creator: Lewis P. Woltz, photographer

Description: Identification on verso (stamped): Photo by Lewis Woltz; 1323 F. ST., N.W.; Washington, D.C.
Identification on accompanying label (handwritten and typewritten): First Public Works of Art Painting is Given to Treasury.
Dorsey Doniphan (right), a Washington Artist, employed under the auspices of Region 4, comprising Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia, presents his painting of the Archives Building to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, L.W. Robert, Jr., (left).
Others in the picture, reading from left ot right are: C. Law Watkins, Wm. J. Johnstone, Liason Officer C. Powell Minnegerode, Edward Bruce, Secretary of thee Adv. Coun. on First Arts to the Treas., Forbes Watson, Julius F. Stone, Jr., Asst. to Mr. Hopkins, Edward B. Rowan and Cecil Jones, business manager.

Forms part of: Forbes Watson papers, 1840-1967, bulk 1900-1960

Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined

Citation: Public Works of Art Project Committee, 1934? / Lewis P. Woltz, photographer. Forbes Watson papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 3276

Subjects:

• Art and state
• Artists at or with their work
• Bruce, Edward
• Doniphan, Dorsey
• Exhibitions
• Federal aid to the arts
• Johnstone, William J.
• Minnegerode, C. Powell (Cuthbert Powell)
• New Deal, 1933-1939
• Rowan, Edward Beatty
• Stone, Julius F.
• United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts
• Washington, D.C.
• Watkins, C. Law (Charles Law)
• Watson, Forbes

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