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Afternoon Siesta

Jack Markow and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Afternoon Siesta

1935-1938

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Afternoon Siesta

1935-1938

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 330 x 406 mm. (13 x 16 in.) Image: 270 x 310 mm. (10 5/8 x 12 3/16 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.1943.9.25
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): ' Afternoon Siesta' ; LR margin (pencil): 'Jack Markow'; BR Corner (pencil): '12'. VERSO: LR margin (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; Lower C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Jack Markow

1904–1982

American, born England, 1905-1983
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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