20th-21st Century American WPA Sculpture

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(above:  Sargent Johnson, Athletics (detail), 1942, bas relief, George Washington High School, Richmond District, San Francisco, California. Photo: Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons**)

 

(above:  Mark Nadir, Waylande Gregory, 1937, photograph of sculptor, 10.2  x 8.2 inches.  Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

 


(above:  Benny Bufano, Sun Yat-sen, 1937, stainless steel sculpture, Saint Mary's Square, Chinatown, San Francisco, California. Photo: Another Believer. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons**)

 


(above:  Oliver LaGrone, Mercy, 1937, sculpture. Photo taken by Lawrence E. Beyer for Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Fund of the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg in 2014 of sculpture "Mercy" by Oliver LaGrone, 1937, a Works Progress Administration project for the Carrie Tingley children's hospital in Hot Springs (subsequently renamed Truth or Consequences), New Mexico. Recast in bronze in 1991. Displayed in previously moved Carried Tingley hospital, now on 5th floor, Richardson Pavilion, University of New Mexico Hospitals, Albuquerque. Second 1991 casting displayed in sculpture garden, Albuquerque Museum. Photo edited by Karen Loges Evans. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

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