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This black and white photograph shows the preliminary sketch for the statehouse mural by Regionalist artist John Steuart Curry, (1897-1946). The sketch illustrates an abundance of corn and a sea of water on the Kansas prairie. The proposed artwork was to be commissioned into a mural for the second chapter in the state's history. However, the controversy surrounding Curry's earlier projects "Tragic Prelude" and the "Kansas Pastoral" prevented the sketch from becoming a reality.
Date: 1940
Item Number: 214208
Call Number: FK2.1 C.1940c *10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 214208
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Art
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Social History
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Painting
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Monuments and Memorials - Murals
Date - 1940s
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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