Post Office western bas reliefs - Salinas, California
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hotshoe
N 36° 40.410 W 121° 39.450
10S E 619962 N 4059493
Large walnut reliefs of cowboys in the Post OFfice Lobby
Waymark Code: WM63KZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2009
Views: 4
There are two large walnut panels carved with stylish images of cowboys at work. It was an appropriate choice of subject for 1930s Salinas, which was a bustling town serving as marketplace for the county's cattle ranchers. They are hanging high above the lobby so to
it's difficult to appreciate their fine points.
Richard O'Hanlon was a "young starving artist" during the Depression who went on to achieve a fair degree of fame as a muralist (learning from Diego Rivera), sculptor, and professor at UC Berkeley.
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1937
Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]
Where is this sculpture?:
Post Office, John Steinbeck branch
Salinas, CA USA
Sculptors Name: Richard O'Hanlon
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