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Rueben Kadish and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

Conversation with a Quarry Master

1937

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Conversation with a Quarry Master

1937

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping and ink, Sheet: 395 x 505 mm. (15 9/16 x 19 7/8 in.) Image: 306 x 454 mm. (12 1/16 x 17 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.1943.9.482
Blind stamp reads 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'CONVERSATION WITH / A QUARRY MASTER'; LR margin (pencil): 'Reuben Kadish'; BR on stone: artist's monogram. VERSO: TL (pencil): 'Kadish, R. / #1696 - gr. I'; BL (pencil): '3277-3376'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Rueben Kadish

1912–1991

American, 1913-1992
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

2000–2000

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