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Ah! – Smoke

Theodore C. Polos and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

Ah! – Smoke

1936

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Ah! – Smoke

1936

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 316 x 427 mm. (12 7/16 x 16 13/16 in.) Image: 278 x 361 mm. (10 15/16 x 14 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.1943.9.360
Blind stamp on verso: 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Ah! - Smoke'; LR margin (pencil): 'TC Polos'. VERSO: TL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp; LLE (pencil): 'Polos'; BL (pencil): '2136-2235' and (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 29 1938'.

Artist

Theodore C. Polos

1900–1975

American, born Greece, 1901-1976
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

2000–2000

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