Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 631 x 484 mm. (24 13/16 x 19 1/16 in.)
Image: 379 x 318 mm. (14 15/16 x 12 1/2 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.1943.9.278
Label removed from verso (form, typed in): FEDERAL ART PROJECT / CALIFORNIA / OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / WASHINGTON, D.C. / ARTIST Kadish, Reuben / TITLE OF WORK Alchemy / MEDIUM / Lithograph / EXHIBITION NO 1134 DATE 1/11/37 / 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 red ink): 'SAN FRANCISCO'; (stamped in blue ink): 'OCT 6 1937'. Blind stamp reads 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Alchemy'; LR margin (pencil): 'R. Kadish'. VERSO: TR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp; BL Corner (pencil): '1034-1134'; LR (stamped in blue ink): 'OCT 6 1937'.
Publisher
WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco
2000–2000
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