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Hercules Thinking

Francis Bernard Shields and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Hercules Thinking

1934-1936

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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'.
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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'.

Artist

Francis Bernard Shields

1907–1989

American, 1908-1990
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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