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This black and white photograph shows the preliminary sketches by Regionalist artist John Steuart Curry, (1897-1946), for the rotunda at the statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The sketches were a reflection of the "historic struggle of man with nature" and how the hand of erosion was moving toward the abandoned farm house. These panels were to be commissioned into murals for the second chapter in the state's history. However, the proposals never became a reality because of the controversy surrounding Curry's earlier projects "Tragic Prelude" and the "Kansas Pastoral" which illustrated the first and third chapters in the state's history on the second-floor of the capitol.
Date: 1940
Item Number: 214156
Call Number: FK2.1 C.1940c *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 214156
Agriculture - Crops
Agriculture - Environment - Soil - Soil erosion
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Art
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Social History
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Artists
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Painting
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Monuments and Memorials - Murals
Date - 1930s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Curry, John Steuart, (1897-1946)
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Illustrations
Type of Material - Photographs
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