Physical Qualities
Wood engraving, Sheet: 441 x 291 mm. (17 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Image: 276 x 202 mm. (10 7/8 x 7 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.1943.9.247
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, M. Lois / TITLE Lunch counter / MEDIUM Wood eng / PROJECT NO. 265-6900 / [D]ATE 8/6/37 / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in blue ink): 'AUG 13 1937'; (pencil): 'B'.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Lunch Counter'; LR margin (pencil): 'M. Lois Murphy'; BR Corner (pencil): '15'; BR in block: 'MLM'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.
