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Afternoon Siesta
Public Domain

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

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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