Joseph Leboit and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Aesthete
1935-1936
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 291 x 405 mm. (11 7/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Image: 230 x 290 mm. (9 1/16 x 11 7/16 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.1943.9.815
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 LEBOIT, JOSEPH / TITLE AESTHETE / MEDIUM LITHO / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 2/23/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'FEB 28 1938'.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): ' Aesthete' ; LR margin (pencil): 'Joe Leboit'; BR Corner (pencil): '14'. VERSO: UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr 2'; C: BMA stamp.
