Plastering
Artist
Manville Chapman
(American, 1903 - 1978)
Datecirca 1942
Mediumtempera on board
DimensionsImage: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Support: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Support: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineOn long term loan from the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration
Object number749.23P
DescriptionAdobe house is in the process of being plastered with mud, by a man and two women, man is standing on a makeshift scaffold, with two large poles for support and a wooden ladder giving his access to the platform, plastering top of part of the house, a woman wearing a green dress and a white apron to the left of image is standing on the ground plastering the bottom half of the house, a woman in a brown dress with a white apron is standing to the far right mixing mud with a hoe. Trees and white clouds in the background.On View
Not on viewTerms
- New Deal
