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Home Relief

Don Freeman and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Home Relief

1935

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Home Relief

1935

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 292 x 404 mm. (11 1/2 x 15 7/8 in.) Image: 236 x 304 mm. (9 5/16 x 11 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.1943.9.93
Label removed from verso (form; with STATE, ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, PROJECT NO. and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y.C. / ARTIST [black ink] - FREEMAN, DON / TITLE HOME RELIEF / MEDIUM LITHO / PROJECT NO. 265-6900-853 / DATE 4/2/37 / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in black ink): 'APR 5 1937'; (pencil): 'B'.
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Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'MADE BY W.P.A. / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / N.Y.C.' and (pencil): ''Home Relief''; LR margin (pencil): 'Don Freeman'; BR Corner (pencil): '7'; TL Corner in plate: 'Don Freeman'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

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