Bolotowsky working on a mural for the WPA with assistant, John Joslyn. <br><p>Identification on verso (handwritten): "Ilya Bolotowsky." <br>Published in: <i> Archives of American Art Journal </i> v. 22, no. 1, p. 21
</p><p>Mural study for the 1939 New York World's Fair at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://livingnewdeal.org/projects/1939-worlds-fair-mural-study-chicago-il/">The Living New Deal</a>"
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<dl><dd>Ilya Bolotowsky’s oil painting study for the Hall of Sciences mural at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York is today housed in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. It is all that remains of Bolotowsky’s mural commissioned by the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Arts Projects, as all murals made for the World’s Fair were destroyed at the Fair’s closure (Mahoney, p. 261). Bolotowsky is a generally overlooked pioneer of American abstract art and this work is a testament to the brilliance of his art, which he was given ample opportunity to practice through the New Deal. Thus, this study is a vital work not only as evidence of the lost mural, but also as a significant addition to the understanding of the federally funded artwork made under the New Deal’s projects.</dd></dl>
1 January 1938
[Ilya Bolotowsky], 1938 / unidentified photographer. Photographic print : 1 item : b&amp;w ; 21 x 25 cm. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467">Federal Art Project</a>, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965, bulk 1935-1942. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aaa.si.edu">Archives of American Art</a>.