Treasury Department Art Projects : painting and sculpture for federal buildings, November seventeen to December thirteen, nineteen hundred thirty-six, Corcoran Gallery of Art / introduction by Forbes Watson
odd: label: Other Title
content: Treasury Relief Art Project (microfilm title).
name: label: Creator
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
label: Creator
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
label: Creator
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture
label: Creator
content: Corcoran Gallery of Art
label: Names
content: Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting, American -- Exhibitions
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- Exhibitions
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- United States
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Public sculpture -- United States -- Exhibitions
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American -- Exhibitions
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to public welfare
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
label: Topic
content: Public sculpture -- United States -- Exhibitions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
label: Creator
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
label: Creator
content: United States. Department of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture
label: Creator
content: Corcoran Gallery of Art
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) was established in 1935 under the Department of the Treasury with funds allocated from the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration). It operated as a relief agency for unemployed artists and engaged them specifically for the decoration of federal buildings, choosing artists through a system of juried competition.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.treareli
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3483 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Catalog for an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Includes a list of artists and the works they did for TRAP and the Section. [Microfilm title Treasury Relief Art Project].