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Ruth Chaney and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

New York Side Street

1930-1940

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New York Side Street

1930-1940

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 584 x 404 mm. (23 x 15 7/8 in.) Image: 364 x 282 mm. (14 5/16 x 11 1/8 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.1943.9.308
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 CHANEY, RUTH / TITLE N. Y. SIDE STREET / MEDIUM LITHO / PROJECT NO. 265-6900 / DATE 8/30/37 / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in black ink): 'SEP 15 1937'; red star sticker.
BMA, Print Corridor, Jay Fisher, "WPA Prints from the Museum Collection," 23 August - 8 October 1978.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'New York Side Street - Chaney'; BR Corner (pencil): '8'; BL Corner (pencil): '28'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

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