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Boris Gorelick and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Discarded

1935

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Discarded

1935

Physical Qualities Crayon, brush and tusche, and spatter lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 403 x 583 mm. (15 7/8 x 22 15/16 in.) Image: 290 x 371 mm. (11 7/16 x 14 5/8 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.1943.9.266
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST GORELICK, BORIS / TITLE DISCARDED / MEDIUM LITHO / PROJECT NO. 265-6900 / DATE 7/15/37 / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 19 1937'; (pencil): 'B'.
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Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Discarded'; LR margin (pencil): 'Boris Gorelick'; BR Corner (pencil): '11'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr I'; LC: BMA stamp.

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