Elizabeth Olds and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Mending Nets
c. 1935-1939
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Color wood engraving, Sheet: 288 x 350 mm. (11 5/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Image: 202 x 278 mm. (7 15/16 x 10 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.1943.9.337
Cindy Medley Buckner, Art in a Day's Work: Prints from the WPA. Baltimore Museum of Art, 11 June-24 September 2000.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Mending Nets.'; LR margin (pencil): 'Elizabeth Olds.'; BR Corner (pencil): '24'. VERSO: UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; RC: BMA stamp.
