J. Scott Williams

Photo shows Williams painting a detail on his tile mural Man's conquest of the elemental forms of nature for the 1939 World's Fair. * Photograph of the entire mural is held at the New York Public Library. Squib on reverse side of print reads as follows: MANKIND REVEALED IN CEASELESS STRUGGLE WITH NATURE As one of five murals representing "community interests" in the Home Furnishings Building of the New York World's Fair 1939 this work in ferro enamel by J. Scott Williams shows man in a cavalcade which battles snow, cold, sun, wind and flood while pursuing the eternal quest for peace.

Date

1939

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

painting

Original size

4,148 × 3,382 pixels

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