New Deal Mural, Downtown Post Office

300 Main
575-894-0876

Indian Bear Dance, oil on canvas, 1940, by Boris Deutsch

Often mistaken for WPA art, post office murals were actually executed by artists working for the Section of Fine Arts. Commonly known as "the Section," it was established in 1934 and administered by the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department.  -- source: Off The Wall: New Deal Post Office Murals" by Patricia Raynor