Francis Bernard Shields and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Hercules Thinking
1934-1936
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- Artist: Francis Bernard Shields
- Publisher: WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Hercules Thinking
1934-1936
Physical Qualities
Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 292 x 405 mm. (11 1/2 x 15 15/16 in.)
Image: 215 x 326 mm. (8 7/16 x 12 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.1943.9.868
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, and MEDIUM filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST SHIELDS, FRANCIS / TITLE HERCULES THINKING / MEDIUM LITHOGRAPH / PROJECT NO. 265-6900-853 / DATE APR 16 1937 [stamped in blue ink] / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in black ink): 'APR 21 1937'.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Hercules thinking'; LR margin (pencil): 'Shields'; BR Corner (pencil): '11'. VERSO: C: BMA stamp; LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'.
