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  • George Pearse Ennis, ca. 1936

    George Pearse Ennis

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    Title: [George Pearse Ennis].
    Date:ca. 1936
    Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
    Creator: Lewis Jacobs, photographer
    Description: Ennis at work on a charcoal cartoon for one of the panels of a stained glass window, for the Works Progress Administration.

    Identification on verso, left (handwritten and stamped):
    Title: Life of Washington; Artist: Geo. Pearse Ennis; Medium: Stained Glass
    Information on verso, right (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City
    Location: U.S. Military Academy; Negative No.: J147F
    Information on accompanying label (typewritten): ONE OF THE PROCESSES IN MAKING A STAINED GLASS WINDOW
    George Pearse Ennis making a charcoal cartoon for one of the panels of a stained glass window executed under the direction of the WPA Federal Art Project and recently installed in Washington Hall, the mess hall of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Originally designed by Mr. Ennis (and at his death carried on by Archibald H. Sawyer and Oscar H. Julius; at Mr. Sawyer's death completed by Mr. Julius). The Mural will be officially presented to Major General Connor, Commandant of the Academy by Audrey McMahon, Assistant to Holger Cahill, in informal ceremonies this Saturday afternoon, October 2nd.
    Subjects: Art and state / Artists at or with their work / Federal aid to the arts / George Pearse Ennis / Glass painting and staining / New Deal, 1933-1939
    Forms part of: Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, 1935-1942
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    Citation: [George Pearse Ennis], ca. 1936 / Lewis Jacobs, photographer. Photographic print : 1 : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, 1935-1942. Archives of American Art.
    Copyright: AAA Copyright Policy
    Digital ID: 2086


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