Elizabeth Olds and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Crabbing
1934-1938
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Color crayon, brush and tusche, and spatter lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 469 x 404 mm. (18 7/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Image: 359 x 276 mm. (14 1/8 x 10 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.1943.9.84
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM and DATE filled in with black ink, partially torn): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST [Old]s, Elizabeth / TITLE Cra[b]bing / MEDIUM Color lithograph / PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 / DATE 7/27/39 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 24 1939'.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Crabbing.'; LR margin (pencil): 'Elizabeth Olds.'; BR Corner (pencil): '15'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'.
