WPA Murals at Harlem Hospital Restored to Their Original Glory
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NYC Health + Hospitals completed conservation work on three New Deal-era murals and a John Rhoden sculpture at Harlem Hospital, including Charles Alston's 'Magic in Medicine' and 'Modern Medicine' (both 1940) and Vertis Hayes's eight-panel 'Pursuit of Happiness' (1937), all originally commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project during the Great Depression.
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