Jolán Gross-Bettelheim and WPA/Federal Art Project, Cleveland
Blast Furnace
1934
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 402 x 302 mm. (15 13/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Image: 355 x 259 mm. (14 x 10 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.1943.9.411
Label removed from verso (typed): 'FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT / of the Works Progress Administration / Washington, D. C. / 9950-C / ARTIST Jolan Bettelheim / STATE Ohio MEDIUM Lithograph / TITLE OF WORK Blast['ed' crossed out] Furnace / LOANED TO FAP Washington / DATE June 30, 1938 / This work is the property of the United States / Government and is loaned subject to regulations of loan and is not to be removed.'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 15 1938'.
Cindy Medley Buckner, Art in a Day's Work: Prints from the WPA. Baltimore Museum of Art, 11 June-24 September 2000, fig. 12, p. 8.
Virginia Anderson and Robin Owen Joyce, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA," November 5, 2023 - June 30, 2024.
Virginia Anderson and Robin Owen Joyce, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA," November 5, 2023 - June 30, 2024.
Inscribed: RECTO: LC margin (stamped in black ink): '* FEDERAL ART PROJECT NO. 1 *'; BL Corner on stone: '.J Gross-B'. VERSO: UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.
