Physical Qualities
Color crayon and brush and tusche lithograph, Sheet: 404 x 579 mm. (15 7/8 x 22 13/16 in.)
Image: 322 x 456 mm. (12 11/16 x 17 15/16 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.1943.9.143
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, DATE and MEDIUM filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST SHIELDS, FRANCIS / TITLE HO HUM / MEDIUM COLOR LITHO / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 7/20/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 26 1
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Ho Hum'; LR margin (pencil): 'Shields'; BR Corner (pencil): '6'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 1'; C: BMA stamp.
