dieser beitrag wurde verfasst in: englisch (eng/en)
künstler: Joe Jones
titel: Threshing
jahr: 1938
adresse: Library (former post office), 220 East Main St., Magnolia AR, USA
+: Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural. 4 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft., oil on canvas
«It seems to have been [Edward] Rowan who pushed him [Joe Jones] towards using the wheat theme in his murals, since for his first assignment at Magnolia, Arkansas, Jones suggested other subjects. However, Jones did not see post office decorations just as jobs, and in preparing for the mural at Anthony, Kansas, he enthusiastically researched local conditions, living with wheat farmers and climbing over combine harvesters with a miniature camera. According to the post master, the installed mural was 'regarded very highly by a good many of our people here.'» (from: Hemingway, 2002)