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"Labor is Life", Impressive Pair of Prints Depicting Massive AFL-CIO Mosaics
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This pair of prints was issued by Lumen Martin Winter, the mosaic artist, to illustrate two enormous murals -- each 15 feet tall and over 40 feet long -- that he made for the new AFL-CIO headquarters on 16th St. NW in Washington, D.C. Each mosaic mural is composed of marble and Italian glass, some backed with gold leaf. One was installed in 1956 and the other in 1973. Although dating to the mid-1950s and later, they are superb examples of Art Deco mural design, rich with allegory and symbolism, including -- naturally -- working men and women making television circuitry, fabrics and railroad locomotives, or working in scientific laboratories, fisheries or coal mines. Winter assisted in the painting of enormous murals in the lobby of Radio City Music Hall, made mosaic murals and bas-relief sculptures for the U.S. Air Force Academy chapel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and paintings and murals for the 1964 World’s Fair in New York.
- Dimensions:Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1956, 1972
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- Seller Location:Philadelphia, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU865141366982
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