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| This mural, created by FAP artist Philip Guston, appeared on the Works Progress Administration (WPA) building in New York City. The mural portrays the relationship between the WPA and the community by emphasizing the links among workers, employment, technical advancement, and infrastructure improvement. Between 1935 and 1943, the WPA put 8.5 million people to work through agencies such as the FAP. Source: Frontiers of American Art, Works Progress Administration: Federal Art Project, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, 1939. |