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Chaco Canyon Mural (unfinished)
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Chaco Canyon Mural (unfinished)

Artist (American, 1869 - 1934)
Date1934
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions147 x 96 in. (373.4 x 243.8 cm)
ClassificationsMural
Credit LineOn long term loan from the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration
Object number2008.19.2
DescriptionUnfinished rolled canvas, Southwest landscape with bluffs, unstretched canvas. Blue background with reddish cliffs.
Text Entries
Cassidy was working on this mural for the Federal Courthouse in Santa Fe when he was killed. The mural was never completed. The mural project was given to William Penhallow Henderson. These murals were given to the NMMOA at some point for safekeeping. An image of this work can be seen in the book "A More Abundant Life: New Deal Artists and Public Art in New Mexico" by Jacqueline Hoefer.  Photographs of mural in the NM State Archives - #5383 & #5384 WPA Photo Collection (Box 5577)
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