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Beethoven by WPA
Public Domain

Effim H. Sherman and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Beethoven by WPA

1935-1936

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Beethoven by WPA

1935-1936

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 403 x 290 mm. (15 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.) Plate: 301 x 227 mm. (11 7/8 x 8 15/16 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.1943.9.236
Cindy Medley Buckner, Art in a Day's Work: Prints from the WPA. Baltimore Museum of Art, 11 June-24 September 2000.

Inscribed: RECTO: BL in plate: 'Effim H Sherman'; LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Beethoven by WPA'; LR margin (pencil): 'Effim H. Sherman'; BR Corner (pencil): '8'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

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