About 1930s
Pine
8’ L x 30” H x 36” D
This large desk was likely custom-built by Elidio Gonzales at the Taos Vocational School, which served as a New Deal furniture workshop, for use by the County Commission when meeting in the historic McKinley County Courthouse (a New Deal building). It was used for that purpose for decades, and at some point, panels with the Zia symbol from the state flag of New Mexico were added (the ones you see are not original to the piece).
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Gallup’s New Deal art collection consists of over 120 objects created, purchased, or donated from 1933 to 1942 through New Deal federal art programs administered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to support artists during the Great Depression.
The Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum features three types of exhibits, combining traditional and non-traditional approaches to illuminate academic, creative, and individual understandings.
Gallup’s New Deal art collection includes works by a demographically, professionally, and stylistically diverse group of named and unnamed artists.
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