Swing LandscapeAn insightful study of the progressive politics animating a great work of modernist mural painting In 1936 the Works Progress Administrations Federal Art Project commissioned Stuart Davis (18921964) to paint a mural for the Williamsburg Houses, a New York City housing project. Though the mural, Swing Landscape, was never installed in its intended location, it survives as an impressive testament to Daviss energetic, colorful brand of abstraction and