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Fort Pond Bay, Montauk, L.I.

Harry Shokler and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Fort Pond Bay, Montauk, L.I.

1937

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Fort Pond Bay, Montauk, L.I.

Harry Shokler and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Fort Pond Bay, Montauk, L.I.

Fort Pond Bay, Montauk, L.I.

1937

Physical Qualities Etching with printed tone, Sheet: 192 x 353 mm. (7 9/16 x 13 7/8 in.) Plate: 150 x 300 mm. (5 7/8 x 11 13/16 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.1943.9.542
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 Shokler, Harry / TITLE Fort Pond Bay, Montauk, L.I / MEDIUM ETCHING / PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 / DATE 6/20/39 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUN 20 1939'.

Inscribed: RECTO: BL in plate: 'H. Shokler / 38''; LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Fort Pond Bay, Montauk, L.I.'; LR margin (pencil): 'Harry Shokler'; BR Corner (pencil): '15'. VERSO: TL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

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