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Memento

Shirley Julian and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

Memento

1938

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Memento

1938

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 467 x 378 mm. (18 3/8 x 14 7/8 in.) Image: 379 x 300 mm. (14 15/16 x 11 13/16 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.1943.9.283
Label removed from verso (form, typed in): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / CALIFORNIA / OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / WASHINGTON, D.C. / ARTIST JULIAN, Shirley / TITLE OF WORK Memento / MEDIUM Lithograph / EXHIBITION NO 3799 / DATE 6/7/39 / THIS WORK IS THE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED / STATES GOVERNMENT AND IS LOANED SUBJECT / TO THE REGULATIONS OF LOAN AND IS NOT / TO BE REMOVED.'; (stamped in black ink): 'AUG 29 1939'; (stamped in red ink): 'SAN FRANCISCO'. Blind stamp reads 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Memento'; LR margin (pencil): 'Shirley Julian'; BR on stone: 'S'. VERSO: RC Edge (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp; BL Corner (pencil): '3700-3799'.

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