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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Chuck Wagon Serenade
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Chuck Wagon Serenade

Object numberMO 1983.60
Artist (American, born 1917)
Date1940
Mediumgouache watercolor on canvas (?)
Dimensionsframe H 15 1/2 in x W 21 in x D 3/4 in (39.4 cm x 53.3 cm x 1.9 cm )

DescriptionAn original, full gouache painting depicting a nighttime prairie scene with six cowboys singing to the accompaniment of a harmonica and a ukulele. It is signed by artist in the lower right: Bromberg 40. The title does not appear on the painting.

It is matted, glazed, and framed in 3/4" gilt wood frame with red undertones.
Label TextThis painting appears to be a preliminary study for Bromberg’s winning entry to the Fine Arts Section of the Federal Works Agency's Forty-eight State Mural Competition. The Forty-eight State Mural Competition, held in 1939, led to the selection of mural designs for one post office in each of the 48 states in the Union at that time. Bromberg was selected to create the mural for the Greybull, Wyoming Post Office.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Manuel Bromberg
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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