Julius Weiss and WPA/Federal Art Project, Boston
City Buildings
1934-1938
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Relief print, Sheet: 300 x 451 mm. (11 13/16 x 17 3/4 in.)
Image: 183 x 253 mm. (7 3/16 x 9 15/16 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.1943.9.363
Label removed from verso (form, typed in): 'FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT / of the Works Progress Administration / Washington, D.C. / 9950-C / ARTIST WEISS, JULIUS / STATE MASSACHUSETTS MEDIUM BLOCK PRINT / TITLE OF WORK CITY BUILDINGS / LOANED TO FAP NATIONAL / 1734 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / DATE MARCH 21, 1939 / This work is the property of the United States / Government and is loaned subject to regulations / of loan and is not to be removed.'; (stamped in black ink): 'MAR 23 1939'.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Weiss'. VERSO: TC, upside down (blue grease pencil): '#148-64'; UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; Lower C: BMA stamp; LL (pencil): 'Julius Weiss / Mass. W.P.A. - 1939' and '7x10'.
