Espirito Santo Grant, Old Cuba Road
Artist
William Penhallow Henderson
Year1938
Classification
painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions98 x 150 in. (248.9 x 381 cm)
Credits
New Deal Art Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
- William Penhallow Henderson's six oil paintings for the Santa Fe Courthouse were initiated in 1933 under the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) and completed in 1938 under the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP). The theme for the murals was the New Mexican landscape, whose natural beauty the artist wished to celebrate and evoke within the courthouse.