Francis Bernard Shields and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Abstraction
1936
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Color crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping and burnishing, Sheet: 405 x 582 mm. (15 15/16 x 22 15/16 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.1943.9.352
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST SHIELDS, FRANCIS / TITLE ABSTRACTION / MEDIUM COLOR LITHO / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 6/10/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUN 21 1938'.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Abstraction'; LR margin (pencil): 'Shields'; BR Corner (pencil): '11'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 1'; C: BMA stamp.
