Betty Waldo Parish, WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Country Barn
1937
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Betty Waldo Parish, WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Country Barn
1937
Physical Qualities
Color crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 281 x 408 mm. (11 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
Image: 226 x 319 mm. (8 7/8 x 12 9/16 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.1943.9.248
In Country Barn, New York-based Betty Waldo Parish contrasted sloping hills and fences with the planes and angles of the geometric red structure. Cheerful and wellmaintained,
Parish’s barn reflects the newfound economic stability of rural farms. Upon taking office in 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt strengthened crop prices for U.S. farmers, allowing them in turn to purchase consumer goods and pay off mortgage debt, aiding overall economic recovery in the mid-1930s.
Extended Loans IN
Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Country Barn'; LR margin (pencil): 'Betty Parish'; BR Corner (pencil): '13'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.