Description of document: Catalog of pre-1962 murals located in General Services Administration (GSA) buildings, 2019 Requested date: 10-October-2019 Release date: 30-October-2019 Posted date: 11-November-2019 Source of document: U.S. General Services Administration FOIA Requester Service Center (H1F) 1800 F Street, NW, 7308 Washington, DC 20405-0001 Fax: 202-501-2727 FOIAonline The governmentattic.org web site (“the site”) is a First Amendment free speech web site, and is noncommercial and free to the public. The site and materials made available on the site, such as this file, are for reference only. The governmentattic.org web site and its principals have made every effort to make this information as complete and as accurate as possible, however, there may be mistakes and omissions, both typographical and in content. 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Office of Administrative Services FOIA Requester Service Center October 30, 2019 This letter is in response to your U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request number (GSA-2020-000041), submitted on October 10, 2019, in which you requested the following: "[a] copy of the index of database of historic murals in GSA managed and owned properties." Then on October 15, 2019, you further clarified your FOIA request by stating the following: "I request a copy of each list, database, or index of murals, such as, for example, WPA (works Progress Adminiatration) murals located in GSA buildings. This may be part or a subset of a larger database of GSA art objects. I will accept in fulfillment of my request the database of GSA art objects if that would be administratively easier." Enclosed please find the document responsive to your request. The list includes works dated through 1962, which is the period prior to the implementation of the Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture. This completes our action on this FOIA request. Should you have any questions, please contact Ms. Jennifer Gibson, Director, Art in Architecture and Fine Arts at (202)501-0930 or by email at [email protected]. You may also contact the GSA FOIA Public Liaison, Audrey Brooks, at (202) 205-5912 or by email at [email protected] for any additional assistance and to discuss any aspect of your FOIA request. Sincerely, Tl'alH:t tu,q:r Deputy Director Office of Accountability and Transparency Office of Administrative Services Enclosure 1800 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20405-0002 www.gsa.gov Pre-1962 murals Object List with Image by Site Object Number Classification Attribution Object Name / Title, Date Dimensions Image Anchorage Federal Building 605 West 4th Avenue Anchorage, Alaska 99501 FA325 painting Arthur T. Kerrick mural 120 x 318 in. (304.8 x 807. Alaskan Landscape, 1942 7 cm) oil on canvas Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse 600 Broad Street Gadsden, Alabama 35901 FA7 painting Gilbert White mural 189 x 90 in. (15.75 x 7.5 ft. Nemesis, 1914 ) oil on canvas Post Office & U.S. Courthouse 101 Holmes Avenue Huntsville, Alabama 35801 FA324 painting Xavier Gonzalez mural 144 x 162 in. (365.8 x 411. Tennessee Valley Authority, 5 cm) oil on canvas 1937 James A. Walsh Courthouse 38 S. Scott Avenue Printed: 23 Oct 2019 08:17 PM Page 1 of 46 Powered by Gallery Systems: OBJECTS–Object List with Image User: MaryMCarr Object List with Image by Site Object Number Classification Attribution Object Name / Title, Date Dimensions Image Tucson, Arizona 85701-1704 FA843 painting George Peter mural Frame: 58 x 104 in. (147.3 Grand Canyon, between 1933-1 x 264.2 cm) oil on canvas 942 Image: 51 1/4 x 100 1/4 in. (130.2 x 254.6 cm) FA846 painting George Peter mural 51" x 100 1/8" Framed: 59 Colorado River, 1933 " x 107" Oil on canvas U.S. Courthouse 312 North Spring Street Los Angeles, California 90012 FA330-B painting Edward Biberman mural 98 x 168 in. (248.9 x 426.7 Los Angeles - Prehistoric and cm) oil on canvas Spanish Colonial, ca.1938 FA336-A painting Lucien Adolph Labaudt mural 14'2" x 8'2" Spanish and American Ranchos oil on cnavas , 1939 FA336-B painting Lucien Adolph Labaudt mural 16' x 16' Aerodynamics, 1941 oil on canvas Printed: 23 Oct 2019 08:18 PM Page 2 of 46 Powered by Gallery Systems: OBJECTS–Object List with Image User: MaryMCarr Object List with Image by Site Object Number Classification Attribution Object Name / Title, Date Dimensions Image Jacob Weinberger U.S. Courthouse 325 West F Street San Diego, California 92101 FA3778 painting Unknown mural 59 3/4 x 96 1/8 in. (151.8 x San Diego Harbor, ca.1935 244.2 cm) oil on canvas FA3779 painting Esther Stevens Barney mural 96 1/4 x 60 in. (244.5 x Gateway to the Desert, 1934 152.4 cm) oil on canvas FA3780 painting Belle Goldschlager mural 95 5/8 x 60 1/8 in. (242.9 x Baranceanu San Diego Mural, 1934 152.7 cm) oil on canvas U S Custom House 555 Battery Street San Francisco, California 94111 FA350-A painting Abraham Lincoln Cooper mural 7 x 24 ft. (213.3 x 731.5 Building the Panama Canal, cm) oil on canvas 1915 Printed: 23 Oct 2019 08:18 PM Page 3 of 46 Powered by Gallery Systems: OBJECTS–Object List with Image User: MaryMCarr Object List with Image by Site Object Number Classification Attribution Object Name / Title, Date Dimensions Image FA350-B painting Abraham Lincoln Cooper mural 7' x 24' Allegory of San Francisco, 1915 oil on canvas Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building & 880 Front Street San Diego, California 92101 FA509 painting Emery Donaldson Horsky mural 5' x 7' Navajo Shepherd, 1941 FA510 painting Emery Donaldson Horsky mural 5' x 7' Refuge, 1941 Byron White U.S. Courthouse 1823 Stout Street Denver, Colorado 80202 FA364-A painting Herman T. Schladermundt mural 4-1/2' x 8'9" Fortune Turns on Her Wheel oil on canvas The Fate of Kings, 1918 Printed: 23 Oct 2019 08:18 PM Page 4 of 46 PdbGllStOBJECTSObj t Li t ith I User: MaryMCarr Object List with Image by Site Object Number Classification Attribution Object Name / Title, Date Dimensions Image FA364-B painting Herman T. Schladermundt mural 10' x 8'9" Nil Sine Numine (Mining), 1918 oil on canvas FA364-C painting Herman T. Schladermundt mural 8' x 8'9" Postal Service, 1918 oil on canvas FA364-D painting Herman T. Schladermundt mural 4 1/2' x 8'9" Labor is Great Producer of oil on canvas Wealth, 1918 Wayne Aspinall Federal Building & U.S. 400 Rood Avenue Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 FA1033 painting Louise Harrington Emerson mural 70 1/2 x 93 x 1 in. (179.1 x Ronnebeck Harvest, 1940 236.2 x 2.5 cm) oil on canvas Byron G. Rogers Federal Building & Co 1961 Stout Street Denver, Colorado 80294 FA362-B painting Frank Mechau mural 60" H x 138" W Corral, 1937 oil on canvas Printed: 23 Oct 2019 08:18 PM Page 5 of 46 User: MaryMCarr Object List with Image by Site Object Number Classification Attribution Object Name / Title, Date Dimensions Image FA14164 painting Frank Mechau mural 68 1/2" H x 169 3/4" W Wild Horse Race, 1936 Framed: 75 1/2" x 177" Denver Federal Center Building 41 W 6th Ave & Kipling St Lakewood, Colorado 80225 FA362-A painting Frank Mechau mural Canvas: 59 3/4 x 137 5/8 Indian Fight, 1937 in. (4.98 x 11.47 ft.) oil on canvas Frame: 66 x 144 in. (5.5 x 12 ft.) James L. Whitten Federal Building 12th & Jeff Davis Drive Washington, District of Columbia 20250 FA495 painting Gilbert White mural 12'6" x 63' O fortunates Nimium, Sua si oil on canvas bona norit, Agricolas, 1932-1935 Herbert C. Hoover Building 14th & Consitution Avenue, NW Washington, District of Columbia 20036 FA23065 painting Gardner Hale mural series [unknown - world map murals], oil on canvas 1931 Printed: 23 Oct 2019 08:18 PM Page 6 of 46 Powered by Gallery Systems: OBJECTS–Object List with Image User: MaryMCarr Object List with Image by Site Object Number Classification Attribution Object Name / Title, Date Dimensions Image Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Int 19th & C Streets, NW Washington, District of Columbia 20240 FA11 painting Allan Cafran Houser mural series Varying (see components) Apache Scenes, 1940 oil on plaster FA12 painting Woodrow Wilson Crumbo mural series varying Potawatomie Life, 1940 oil on plaster FA432 painting Frank MacKenzie mural 84" x 178 3/4" Salt River Irrigation Project, oil on canvas Arizona, 1928 FA505 painting James Auchiah mural 96" x 600" Harvest Dance, 1939 oil on plaster FA506-A painting Gifford Beal mural 104 1/2 x 224 1/2 in. (265. North Country, 1941 4 x 570.2 cm) oil on canvas FA506-B painting Gifford Beal mural 104 1/2 x 224 1/2 in. (265. Tropical Country, 1941 4 x 570.2 cm) oil on canvas FA507 painting Edgar Britton mural series each: 106 × 235 in.