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Alley Way

Hugh P. Botts and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Alley Way

1934-1938

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Alley Way

1934-1938

Physical Qualities Etching and aquatint, Sheet: 292 x 274 mm. (11 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.) Image: 202 x 150 mm. (7 15/16 x 5 7/8 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.1943.9.661
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, and MEDIUM typed in): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE New York CITY New York / ARTIST Botts, Hugh / TITLE Alley Way / MEDIUM Aquatint / PROJECT NO. 65-1-97-7 / DATE NOV 8 1939 [stamped in blue ink] / Property of the / United States Government' / FAP:1871'; (stamped in black ink): 'DEC _5 1939'.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Alley Way'; LR margin (pencil): 'Botts'; BR Corner (pencil): '14'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Hugh P. Botts

1902–1963

American, 1903-1964
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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