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Manhattan from Brooklyn

Mortimer Borne and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Manhattan from Brooklyn

1938

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Manhattan from Brooklyn

1938

Physical Qualities Drypoint, Sheet: 234 x 316 mm. (9 3/16 x 12 7/16 in.) Image: 176 x 252 mm. (6 15/16 x 9 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.1943.9.699
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Manhattan from Bklyn'; LR margin (pencil): 'MBorne'; B Ctr (pencil): 'Manhattan from Brooklyn [?]'; BR Corner (pencil): '23'; LRQ (pencil): #1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Mortimer Borne

1899–1986

American, born Poland, 1900-1987
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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