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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Albert Potter

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

c. 1935-1937

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Albert Potter

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

c. 1935-1937

Physical Qualities Linoleum cut, Sheet: 364 x 250 mm. (14 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.) Image: 328 x 201 mm. (12 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of David and Richard Hoff, Pikesville, Maryland
Object Number 2000.36
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2000; David and Richard Hoff, Pikesville, Maryland; from the artist
Royot, Daniel, et al., Musée-Galerie de la Seita, Paris, 'L'Amerique de la Depression: Artistes engagés des années 30,' Dec. 18, 1996-Feb. 22, 1997, ill. p. 43.

Cindy Medley Buckner, Art in a Day's Work: Prints from the WPA. Baltimore Museum of Art, 11 June-24 September 2000.
General Services Administration Fine Arts Collection web site, illustrated.

Signed: 1

Markings: none - ATLANTIC MANIFOLD E

Artist

Albert Potter

American, born Russia, 1903-1937

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