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Ghost Town

Charles Frederick Surendorf and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

Ghost Town

1937

Scroll
Physical Qualities Wood engraving, Sheet: 199 x 267 mm. (7 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.) Image: 161 x 198 mm. (6 5/16 x 7 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.1943.9.741
Blind stamp on recto: 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Ghost Town'; LC margin (pencil): '26/28'; LR margin (pencil): 'Charles Surendorf'. VERSO: TR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp; Lower C (purple pencil): '[illegible] / 25'; BL (pencil): '2561-2660'.

Artist

Charles Frederick Surendorf

1905–1978

American, 1906-1979
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

2000–2000

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