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In the late 1930s, artist and Kansas native John Steuart Curry produced this preliminary sketch for the mural, "Tragic Prelude," housed at the Kansas Statehouse. The sketch references John Brown and the struggle against slavery during the Territorial Period. Curry completed the mural in 1942, but due to Kansans' critical reaction he refused to complete the project. In 1993, The Wunderlich Mongerson, a Chicago-based art gallery, collaborated with Curry's widow to donate this sketch.
Creator: Curry, John Steuart
Date: between 1937 and 1942
Item Number: 223518
Call Number: 1993.30.5
KSHS Identifier: 1993.30.5
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Artists
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Artists
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Painting
Date - 1930s
Date - 1940s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Picture - Narrative
People - Notable Kansans - Curry, John Steuart, (1897-1946)
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
https://www.kansasmemory.gov/item/223518
