Effim H. Sherman and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Blind Duet
1934-1938
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching with printed tone, Sheet: 407 x 292 mm. (16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Plate: 302 x 226 mm. (11 7/8 x 8 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.1943.9.113
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, and MEDIUM filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST Sherman, Effim / TITLE Blind duet / MEDIUM Etching / PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 / DATE AUG 18 1939 [stamped in ink] / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'AUG 29 1939'.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: BL in plate (very faint): 'Effim H Sherman'; LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Blind Duet'; LR margin (pencil): 'Effim H. Sherman'; BR Corner (pencil): '21'. VERSO: RC: BMA stamp; LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; LL (pencil): 'EFFIM H SHERMAN / Effini H. Shumianz [crossed out] / 'Blind Duet' / Etching 1939'; LR (pencil): '#100'.
