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Finger Guessing

David P. Chun and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

Finger Guessing

1938

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Finger Guessing

1938

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph, Sheet: 316 x 241 mm. (12 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.) Image: 202 x 153 mm. (7 15/16 x 6 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.1943.9.559
Blind stamp on recto: 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides. Label removed from verso (form, typed in): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / CALIFORNIA / OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / WASHINGTON, D.C. / ARTIST CHUN, David P. / TITLE OF WORK Finger Guessing / MEDIUM Lithograph / EXHIBITION NO. 3717 DATE 5/5/39 / THIS WORK IS THE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES / GOVERNMENT AND IS LOANED SUBJECT TO THE REGU-LATIONS OF LOAN AND IS NOT TO BE REMOVED.'; (stamped in red ink): 'SAN FRANCISCO'; (stamped in black ink): 'AUG 29 1939'.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: LL margin (pencil): 'Finger Guessing'; LR margin (pencil): 'David P. Chun'. VERSO: R Ctr (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; BL Corner (pencil): '3618-3717'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

David P. Chun

1897–1988

American, born Hawaii, 1898-1989
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

2000–2000

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