Skip to main content
Membership Shop
Monsters

Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Monsters

1935

Scroll
Monsters

Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Monsters

Monsters

1935

Physical Qualities Wood engraving, Sheet: 286 x 321 mm. (11 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.) Image: 126 x 102 mm. (4 15/16 x 4 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.1943.9.318
Label removed from verso ? (typed): MONSTERS / Wood engraving by / Fred Becker / Contemporary American / W.P.A. Project, New York City'.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): ''MONSTERS''; LR margin (pencil): 'Fred Becker'; BR Corner down RE in block: 'BECKER'; BR Corner (pencil): '2'; BE (pencil): 'Becker-'Monsters' . VERSO: LRQ (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Fred Becker

1912–2003

American, 1913-2004
Meet Fred →

Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

Meet WPA/Federal →
Not on View

Explore the Collection Further

BY SAME ARTIST
PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
TO YEATS IN RAPALLO
Fred Becker, Theodore Russell Weiss, and others
From the portfolio "21 Etchings and Poems"
1959
EL SUEÑO DE LA RAZON PRODUCE MONSTRUOS (THE SLEEP OF REASON PRODUCES MONSTERS)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
El Sueño de la razon produce monstruos (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters)
1798–1929
John Henry & the Witch Woman
Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
John Henry & the Witch Woman
1935
EL SUEÑO DE LA RAZON PRODUCE MONSTROUS (THE SLEEP OF REASON PRODUCES MONSTERS)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
El sueño de la razon produce monstrous (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters)
1798
John Henry's Funeral
Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
John Henry's Funeral
1935
John Henry's Death
Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
John Henry's Death
1935
Transportation
Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Transportation
1935–1938
John Henry Building a Railroad
Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
John Henry Building a Railroad
1935
Trombone Player
Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Trombone Player
1936
Lindy Hop
Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Lindy Hop
1935–1936
Black River Country
Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Black River Country
1935
The Yacht Race
Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
The Yacht Race
1935–1937