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Description: Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts mural by Ben Shahn for United States Post Office–Bronx Central Annex, New York. This is the final panel in the series of 13, featuring an excerpt from Walt Whitman's poem, "As I Walk These Broad Majestic Days": … We support all, fuse all After the rest is done and gone, we remain There is no final reliance but upon us; Democracy rests finally upon us (I my brethren begin it) And our visions sweep through eternity. More information: Project Files: Bronx Central Annex Post Office Murals, NY 1939-1940, Archive of American Art, Smithsonian Institution The spherical structure seen behind the figure of Whitman is the Perisphere, symbol of the 1939 New York World's Fair. More information: Whitman, Work & Democracy: Ben Shahn's Bronx Post Office Murals, Wassup This Week (blog), January 18, 2014
Title: FWA:PBA:Paintings and Sculptures for Public Buildings:painting depicting "Bill of Rights":a bearded man standing in front of blackboard: on-lookeers on the left and right
Credit: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
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