Ruth Chaney and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Modern Ruins
c. 1936-1938
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Color crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 407 x 290 mm. (16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Image: 280 x 212 mm. (11 x 8 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.1943.9.480
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Modern Ruins'; LR margin (pencil): 'Chaney'; BR Corner (pencil): '15'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.
