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Public Domain

Boris Gorelick and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Circus

1934

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Physical Qualities Crayon, brush and tusche, and spatter lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 404 x 582 mm. (15 7/8 x 22 15/16 in.) Image: 330 x 422 mm. (13 x 16 5/8 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.1943.9.263

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Circus'; LR margin (pencil): 'Boris Gorelick'; BR Corner (pencil): '11'; BL Corner (pencil): '9'; BL Corner on stone: 'B G'. VERSO: LL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; LC: BMA stamp.

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