Marian H. Simpson and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco
Men Digging
1930-1940
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 507 x 401 mm. (19 15/16 x 15 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.1943.9.744
Label removed from verso (form, typed in): FEDERAL ART PROJECT / CALIFORNIA / OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / WASHINGTON, D.C. / ARTIST Simpson, Marian / TITLE OF WORK Men Digging / MEDIUM Lithograph / EXHIBITION NO. 1176 DATE 1/26/37 / 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 red ink): 'SAN FRANCISCO'; (stamped in black ink): 'OCT 6 1937'. Blind stamp on recto: 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: BL on stone: 'Marian Simpson'; LR, beside image (pencil): 'Men Digging'. VERSO: TC (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; UR (stamped in blue ink): 'OCT 6 1937'; BL (pencil): '1080-1176'; C: BMA stamp.
Publisher
WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco
2000–2000
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