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Cecil Kann and WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago

Dark Eyes

1934-1940

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Dark Eyes

Cecil Kann and WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago

Dark Eyes

Dark Eyes

1934-1940

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 512 x 381 mm. (20 3/16 x 15 in.) Image: 330 x 205 mm. (13 x 8 1/16 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.1943.9.765
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): '1 of 6'; LC margin (pencil): 'Dark Eyes' and (purple ink): '#4513'; LR margin (pencil): 'Cecil Kann'; BL Corner (stamped in black ink): 'APR 26 1941' and (pencil): 'ILL.'. VERSO: TL (pencil): 'Kann, Cecil' and '#1696 - gr. 2'; UR (black grease pencil): '4513'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Cecil Kann

1929–1939

American, active 1930s
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago

2000–2000

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