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MURALS, 1933-1956

ANGLO, DESIGN FOR A TRIPTYCH MURAL, 1933

Dry brush and ink on brown paper, 10 x 18 Collection of Mary Lee Pinkerton, El Paso © Catherine Lea Weeks

INDIO, DESIGN FOR A TRIPTYCH MURAL, 1933

Dry brush and ink on brown paper, 10 x 18 © Catherine Lea Weeks

LATINO, DESIGN FOR A TRIPTYCH MURAL, 1933

Dry brush and ink on brown paper, 10 x 18 © Catherine Lea Weeks

INDIANS, DESIGN FOR A DECORATIVE MURAL PANEL, 1933

Watercolor, 6 x 13 Collection of the El Paso Museum of Art © Catherine Lea Weeks

OLD MESILLA

Lea, T (1934) Old Mesilla [Oil on Canvas] 54 x 120. Collection of New Mexico State University. Conquistadores

CONQUISTADORES

Lea, T. (1934) Conquistadores [Oil on Canvas] 54 x 120. Collection of New Mexico State University

A FRANCISCAN FRIAR SHOWING A BOOK TO INDIANS IN THE 17TH CENTURY, 1935

Oil on canvas attached to board, 5½ x 20 feet Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico © Catherine Lea Weeks

DESIGN FOR THE WESTERN FRONTIER; 1ST PHASE, 1830-1860, 1935

(study for Benjamin Franklin Post Office, Washington, D.C. ) Casein tempera, 13 1⁄2 x 27 3⁄4 Collection of Mack Colley, Corpus Christi © Catherine Lea Weeks

DRAWING FOR THE WESTERN FRONTIER; 2ND PHASE, 1860-1890, 1935

(study for Benjamin Franklin Post Office, Washington, D.C. ) Casein tempera, 13 1⁄2 x 27 3⁄4 Collection of James H. and Judy Clement, Dallas. © Catherine Lea Weeks

DESIGN FOR THE WESTERN FRONTIER; 1ST PHASE, 1830-1860, 1935

(study for Benjamin Franklin Post Office, Washington, D.C. ) Casein tempera, 13 1⁄2 x 27 3⁄4 Collection of Mack Colley, Corpus Christi © Catherine Lea Weeks

STUDY FOR MURAL ON NORTH WALL, WEST TEXAS ROOM, 1936

Carbon pencil, ink, 7 1⁄2 x 13 Collection of William P. Hobby, Houston © Catherine Lea Weeks

MURAL ON NORTH WALL, WEST TEXAS ROOM, 1936

PASS OF THE NORTH MURAL DESIGN, 1937

India ink, graphite and charcoal on paper, 31¾ x 107 Collection of the El Paso Museum of Art, gift of Mr. Erwin H. Will, El Paso Electric Company © Catherine Lea Weeks. Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934-1943. Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration.

PASS OF THE NORTH mural,

Oil on canvas, 11 x 54 feet Historic Federal Courthouse, El Paso

BACK HOME, APRIL 1865, 1939

Post Office, Pleasant Hill, Missouri © Catherine Lea Weeks. Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934-1943. Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration.

COMANCHES, 1943

Oil on canvas, 5' x 13'7" Post Office, Seymour, Texas © Catherine Lea Weeks. Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934-1943. Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration.

STAMPEDE, 1940

Oil on canvas, 5½ x 16 feet Post Office, Odessa, Texas. Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934-1943. Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration.

SOUTHWEST, 1956

Mural on South Wall, West Texas Room, 1936. Oil on canvas, 7 X 20 feet. Hall of State, Dallas.

Southwest Cartoon for Little Brother Dick (Breakfast Room Wall Mural), (1933). Casein tempera, musli