Blanche M. Grambs and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Miners Going to Work

1936

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Artist: Blanche M. Grambs
Publisher: WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Miners Going to Work

1936

Physical Qualities Etching and aquatint with printed tone, Sheet: 405 x 530 mm. (15 15/16 x 20 7/8 in.) Plate: 251 x 377 mm. (9 7/8 x 14 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.1943.9.153

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 Grambs, Blanche / TITLE Miners going to work / MEDIUM Aqua / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 7/20/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 26 1938'.

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): 'Miners Going To Work -'; LR margin (pencil): 'B[illegible] Grambs -'; BR Corner (pencil): '10'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.