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Mirage

Karl H. Baumann and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

Mirage

1939

Scroll
Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 280 x 427 mm. (11 x 16 13/16 in.) Image: 232 x 303 mm. (9 1/8 x 11 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.1943.9.184
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Mirage'; LR margin (pencil): 'K Baumann 40'; BR Corner on stone: 'K.B.' reversed. VERSO: UL (pencil): 'Calif- / Karl Baumann / Litho' and '#1696 - gr. I'; BL Corner (pencil): '5(?)426', BL (erased): '5225'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Karl H. Baumann

1910–1983

American, born Germany, 1911-1984
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

2000–2000

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