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Ruth Chaney and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Hurricane Night

1930-1940

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Hurricane Night

1930-1940

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 407 x 584 mm. (16 x 23 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.1943.9.946
BMA, Jay Fisher, "WPA Prints from the 1930's," a traveling exhibition circulated during 1981-1982 to: Caroline County Public Library, Denton; Community College of Baltimore; Landon School, Bethesda; Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel; Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson.

BMA, Print Corridor, Jay Fisher, "WPA Prints from the Museum Collection," 23 August - 8 October 1978.

Virginia Anderson and Robin Owen Joyce, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA," November 5, 2023 - June 30, 2024.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Hurricane Night'; LR margin (pencil): 'Ruth Chaney'; BR Corner (pencil): '16'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

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