Collection Information
Size: 8 Items (on partial microfilm reel)
Summary: Three letters from Edward B. Rowan, about Mechau's work as a Public Works of Art artist in Colorado; and five contracts for murals to be painted.
Mechau, Frank Albert, 1904-1946
Muralist, Printmaker, Illustrator
Size: 8 Items (on partial microfilm reel)
Summary: Three letters from Edward B. Rowan, about Mechau's work as a Public Works of Art artist in Colorado; and five contracts for murals to be painted.
Mural painter; Colorado. Painted for the Public Works of Art Project in Colorado.
Lent for microfilming 1965 by Mrs. Frank Mechau, widow of Frank Mechau.
35mm microfilm reel NDA 27 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Frank Mechau correspondence and mural contracts, 1934-1940. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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