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Negro Head
Public Domain

Dorothy Rutka and WPA/Federal Art Project, Cleveland

Negro Head

c. 1935-1937

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Negro Head

c. 1935-1937

Physical Qualities Etching with printed tone, Sheet: 176 x 262 mm. (6 15/16 x 10 5/16 in.) Plate: 114 x 153 mm. (4 1/2 x 6 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.1943.9.793

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Negro Head'; LC margin (stamped in black ink): '*FEDERAL ART PROJECT NO. 1*'; LR margin (pencil): 'DRutka'; BR (pencil): 'E'. VERSO: LLE, sideways (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; Left C: BMA stamp.

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