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Lapse of Time – ‘Idiot’s Delight’
Public Domain

Kyra Markham and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Lapse of Time – ‘Idiot’s Delight’

1935

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Lapse of Time – ‘Idiot’s Delight’

1935

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 403 x 292 mm. (15 7/8 x 11 1/2 in.) Image: 330 x 237 mm. (13 x 9 5/16 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.1943.9.453
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): 'Lapse of Time - 'Idiot's Delight' ; LR margin (pencil): 'Kyra Markham '36'; BL Corner (pencil): '17'; BR Corner (pencil): '7'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

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