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Harlem Dancers

Elizabeth Olds and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Harlem Dancers

1938

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Harlem Dancers

1938

Physical Qualities Color woodcut, Sheet: 335 x 460 mm. (13 3/16 x 18 1/8 in.) Image: 256 x 358 mm. (10 1/16 x 14 1/8 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.1943.9.338
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, and MEDIUM typed in): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE New York CITY New York / ARTIST OLDS, Elizabeth / TITLE Harlem Dancers / MEDIUM Color Woodcut / PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 / DATE OCT 9 1939[stamped in blue ink] / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:1871'; (stamped in black ink): 'OCT 16 1939'.
Extended Loans IN

Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Harlem Dancers'; LR margin (pencil): 'Elizabeth Olds. 1939.'; BR Corner (pencil): '24'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; BL Corner: BMA stamp.

Artist

Elizabeth Olds

1895–1990

American, 1896-1991
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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