Physical Qualities
Wood engraving, Sheet: 285 x 444 mm. (11 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.)
Image: 199 x 251 mm. (7 13/16 x 9 7/8 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.1943.9.918
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 Samuels, Irving / TITLE City forest / MEDIUM Wood Engraving / PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 / DATE 6/20/39 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUN 20 1939'.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'City Forest'; LR margin (pencil): 'Irving K. Samuels'; BR Corner (pencil): '17'; BL Corner in block: 'S' in box; BR Corner in block: 'S'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; Lower C: BMA stamp.
