Tyrus Y. Wong and WPA/Federal Art Project, Los Angeles
Ah-Kung
1934-1936
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Color crayon and brush and tusche lithograph, Sheet: 579 x 407 mm. (22 13/16 x 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.1943.9.401
Label removed from verso (form, typed in): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / CALIFORNIA / OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / WASHINGTON, D.C. / ARTIST Wong, Tyrus / TITLE OF WORK 'Ah-Kung' / MEDIUM Lithograph / EXHIBITION NO. 4385 DATE 6/23/37 / THIS WORK IS THE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED / STATES GOVERNMENT AND IS LOANED SUBJECT / TO THE REGULATIONS OF LOAN AND IS NOT / TO BE REMOVED.'; (stamped in black ink): 'OCT 6 1937'. Blind stamp on recto: 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: LR, over image, boxed (red ink): 'TYRUS / WONG' and (black ink): Chinese writing. VERSO: UC (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; TR (stamped in black ink, filled in with black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT NO. 4385 / TITLE Wah-Kung / ARTIST Tyrus Wong / RECEIVED 6-23-37 / 12 x 15'; below (stamped in black ink): 'OCT 6 1937'; C: BMA stamp.