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Dead End
Public Domain

Jacob Kainen and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Dead End

1936

Scroll

Dead End

1936

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 291 x 404 mm. (11 7/16 x 15 7/8 in.) Image: 205 x 282 mm. (8 1/16 x 11 1/8 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.1943.9.295

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Dead End'; LR margin (pencil): 'Jacob Kainen'; BR Corner (pencil): '11'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; BL Corner (pencil): 'Kainen'; Left C: BMA stamp.

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