dieser beitrag wurde verfasst in: englisch (eng/en)
künstler: August Henkel
titel: Three murals
jahr: 1937. Removed and detroyed in 1940
adresse: Floyd Bennett Field Airport, Brooklyn, New York City, USA
+: «[…] in July 1940 these panels were removed and burned at the behest of local WPA administrator Lieutenant Colonel Brehon B. Somervell, who ordered their destruction because Henkel refused to sign a loyalty oath […] and the murals included imagery considered to be communist propaganda.» (Patterson 2020, p. 121)
