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Labor

Abraham P. Hankins and WPA/Federal Art Project, Philadelphia

Labor

1936-1937

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Labor

1936-1937

Physical Qualities Etching with stipple and carborundum ground, Sheet: 286 x 229 mm. (11 1/4 x 9 in.) Plate: 245 x 188 mm. (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 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.1943.9.601
Label removed from verso (typed): 'PENNSYLVANIA FEDERAL ART PROJECT / WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / Artist Abe Hankin / Title Labor / Medium Carborundum / Proof No Prints in Edition'; (stamped in black ink): 'MAY 26 1939'.
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Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Labor 4/25'; LR margin (pencil): 'Abraham P. Hankins'. VERSO: TL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Abraham P. Hankins

1897–1962

American, born Russia, 1898-1963
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, Philadelphia

2000–2000

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