Physical Qualities
Drypoint with roulette, Sheet: 356 x 435 mm. (14 x 17 1/8 in.)
Plate: 300 x 378 mm. (11 13/16 x 14 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.1943.9.172
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, and MEDIUM filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE New York CITY New York / ARTIST Constant, George / TITLE Blue crabs / MEDIUM Drypoint / PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 / DATE AUG 18 1939 [stamped in blue ink] / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:1523'; (stamped in black ink): 'AUG 29 1939'.
Inscribed: LL margin: (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LR margin (pencil): 'G CONSTANT'; BR Corner (pencil): '17'; UR in plate, upside down: 'G CONSTANT'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.
