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Hot Corn

M. Lois Murphy and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Hot Corn

1937

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Hot Corn

1937

Physical Qualities Wood engraving, Sheet: 283 x 323 mm. (11 1/8 x 12 11/16 in.) Image: 200 x 251 mm. (7 7/8 x 9 7/8 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.1943.9.455
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST Murphy, Lois / TITLE Hot Corn / MEDIUM Wood Engr / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 3/16/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'APR 28 1938'.
Extended Loans IN

Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA

Inscribed: RECTO: BL in block: 'MLM'; LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): ' Hot Corn' ; LR margin (pencil): 'M. Lois Murphy'; BR Corner (pencil): '6'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; Left C: BMA stamp.

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