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Bootleg Coal

Michael J. Gallagher and WPA/Federal Art Project, Philadelphia

Bootleg Coal

1936

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Bootleg Coal

1936

Physical Qualities Wood engraving, Sheet: 280 x 360 mm. (11 x 14 3/16 in.) Image: 214 x 278 mm. (8 7/16 x 10 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.1943.9.430
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LR margin (pencil): 'Boot-leg Coal'; LR margin (pencil): 'Michael J Gallagher'. VERSO: TR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; LR: BMA stamp.

Artist

Michael J. Gallagher

1897–1964

American, 1898-1965
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, Philadelphia

2000–2000

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