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This important and very rare mural study, executed in oil on canvas, was painted by Dunbar Beck in the 1930s, evidently for a project that was never completed. The painting depicts in classic WPA manner a vertical array of Americans climbing their way to success, ranging from newly-arriving immigrants at the bottom of the stairs, to middle-class professionals at the top. Again in the WPA mural manner, there is an instructive text below that quotes Theodore Roosevelt: "We Americans are Children of the Crucible -- We Must be Americans and Nothing Else." Beck is known for painting "The Return of Timothy Pickering," a mural for the lobby painting of the US Post Office in Danvers, Massachusetts, as well as several for the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York. The painting is varnished and is very fresh, aside from a couple of small paint losses; it is not matted or framed.
- Creator:Dunbar D. Beck (Painter)
- Dimensions:Height: 33 in (83.82 cm)Width: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1930s
- Condition:Minor losses. Overall excellent; a couple of small paint losses.
- Seller Location:Philadelphia, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU865139294772
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