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Harry Gottlieb and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

‘Bootleg’ Coal Mining

1934-1936

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‘Bootleg’ Coal Mining

1934-1936

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 403 x 582 mm. (15 7/8 x 22 15/16 in.) Image: 313 x 411 mm. (12 5/16 x 16 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.1943.9.3
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): ' Bootleg' Coal Mining'; LC margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LR margin (pencil): 'Harry Gottlieb'; BR Corner (pencil): '11'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Harry Gottlieb

1894–1991

American, born Russia, 1895-1992
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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