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Carl Hoeckner and WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago

After Forty

1938-1939

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After Forty

Carl Hoeckner and WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago

After Forty

After Forty

1938-1939

Physical Qualities Color screenprint, Sheet: 285 x 437 mm. (11 1/4 x 17 3/16 in.) Image: 218 x 359 mm. (8 9/16 x 14 1/8 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.1943.9.110

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'After Forty'; LC margin (pencil): '#20'; LR margin (pencil): 'Carl Hoeckner'; LR on matrix: [monogram?]. VERSO: UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C (pencil): 'Illinois / Silk Screen' and BMA stamp; BL (pencil): '#99'; B Ctr (pencil): 'AFTER FORTY CARL HOCKNER'; BR (pencil): '4559'.

Artist

Carl Hoeckner

1882–1971

American, born Germany, 1883-1972
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago

2000–2000

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SIR... HERE IS WHAT WE WILL BE GIVING THIS YEAR AS A BONUS TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE MUSICAL UNIVERSE... 125 ALBUMS THAT YOU CAN HAVE BOUND, SOME MORE MAGNIFICENTLY THAN OTHERS. ELEVEN PORTRAITS OF MR. MUSARD, AT DIFFERFENT AGES, BUT ALWAYS WITH THE SAME BLACK SUIT. THREE TRUMPETS, MORE OR LESS IN KEY. FORTY ADMISSION TICKETS, EVEN EXIT TICKETS, FOR EACH OF OUR CONCERTS...EIGHTY SEVEN MUSICAL SCORES...AND A REED PIPE.
Honoré Daumier
Sir... here is what we will be giving this year as a bonus to the subscribers of the Musical Universe... 125 albums that you can have bound, some more magnificently than others. Eleven portraits of Mr. Musard, at differfent ages, but always with the same black suit. Three trumpets, more or less in key. Forty admission tickets, even exit tickets, for each of our concerts...Eighty seven musical scores...and a reed pipe.
1844