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Domestic Duties

George Z. Constant and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Domestic Duties

1934-1938

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Domestic Duties

1934-1938

Physical Qualities Drypoint with roulette and toolwork with printed tone, Sheet: 373 x 279 mm. (14 11/16 x 11 in.) Image: 300 x 227 mm. (11 13/16 x 8 15/16 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.1943.9.169
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, and MEDIUM filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST Constant, George / TITLE Domestic duties / MEDIUM Drypoint / PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 / DATE AUG 18 1939 [stamped in blue ink] / Property of the / United States Government / FAP: 1523'; (stamped in black ink): 'AUG 29 1939'.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LR margin (pencil): 'G CONSTANT'; BR corner (pencil): '9'; LE in plate: 'G CONSTANT'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

George Z. Constant

1891–1977

American, born Greece, 1892-1978
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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