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Bronx Apartment Houses
Public Domain

Peter Busa and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Bronx Apartment Houses

1929-1939

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Bronx Apartment Houses

1929-1939

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 290 x 405 mm. (11 7/16 x 15 15/16 in.) Image: 248 x 358 mm. (9 3/4 x 14 1/8 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.1943.9.686

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Bronx Apt Houses'; LR margin (pencil): 'P Busa'; BR Corner (pencil): '5'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

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