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Metropolitan Nocturne

Harry Francis Mack and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Metropolitan Nocturne

1935

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Metropolitan Nocturne

1935

Physical Qualities Etching, aquatint, and stipple, Sheet: 291 x 406 mm. (11 7/16 x 16 in.) Plate: 214 x 264 mm. (8 7/16 x 10 3/8 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.1943.9.853
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 MACK, HARRY / TITLE METROPOLITAN NOCTURNE / MEDIUM AQUATINT / PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 / DATE 12/23/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'JAN 3 1939'.
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Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Metropolitan Nocturne'; LR margin (pencil): 'Mack'; BR Corner (pencil): '16'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; Lower C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Harry Francis Mack

1906–2000

American, born 1907
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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