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
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST GORELICK, BORIS / TITLE CIRCUS / MEDIUM LITHO / PROJECT NO. 265-6900 / DATE 7/15/37 / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 19 1937'; red star sticker.
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.
