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Isaac Soyer and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

A Family

1936

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A Family

1936

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 405 x 579 mm. (15 15/16 x 22 13/16 in.) Image: 345 x 473 mm. (13 9/16 x 18 5/8 in.)
Credit Line The United States General Services Administration, formerly Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration, on extended loan to the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Object Number L.1943.9.58
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, and MEDIUM filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST SOYER, ISAAC / TITLE A FAMILY / MEDIUM LITHO / PROJECT NO. 265-6900-853 / DATE APR 16 1937[stamped in blue ink] / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in black ink): 'APR 21 1937'; red star sticker.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'A Family'; LC margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LR margin (pencil): 'Isaac Soyer'; BR Corner (pencil): '7'; LR on stone: 'ISAAC SOYER'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

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Isaac Soyer

1906–1980

American, born Russia, 1907-1981
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