Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-08-30 | Page 1 | P W a Drops Inquiry into Art Satire

PW A Drops Inquiry Into Art Satire Interest Ends in L Lampoon as Officials Learn Painter Is Not on Relief I TARRYTOWN N. N Y Au Aug 30 C JP Interest dropped today loday in inthe inthe inthe the mural caricature of the new deal and md in the anonymous anonymous artist who painted it for the exhibition of the Westchester Institute of Fine Arts when it be became ame known the painter Was Was- on P W A relief re re- lief at all Charles A. A Birch Field of ot Larchmont director of the Institute institute lust lust- tute lute denied any attempt to mis mis- lead in the publicity he sent to newspapers ox ort the painting P W V A he said stood for poor white artist Yesterday when it was announced announced announced an an- the cov government had hild supplied the paint and paid for forthe the tim time In doing a lampoon lam lain po poon n of the administration offers offers offers of of- fers up to were received for the mural eight feet by four tour The artists artists' relief section of the P SVA dropped an investigation tion when it was was was' learned the painter was not on P PV V A rolls