Physical Qualities
Softground etching with printed tone, Sheet: 287 x 409 mm. (11 5/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Plate: 227 x 302 mm. (8 15/16 x 11 7/8 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.1943.9.112
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 Kovner, Saul / TITLE Flight / MEDIUM Soft ground Etching / PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 / DATE 5/12/39 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'MAY 17 1939'.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Flight'; LR margin (pencil): 'Saul'; BR Corner (pencil): '14'; BL in plate: 'Saul'. VERSO: TL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp; BL (pencil): 'BMA #100' and 'Flight 1939 / Soft Ground Etching / Saul Kovner'.
Publisher
WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
2000–2000
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