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Night

Theodore C. Polos and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

Night

1937

Scroll
Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph, Sheet: 487 x 385 mm. (19 3/16 x 15 3/16 in.) Image: 365 x 302 mm. (14 3/8 x 11 7/8 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.1943.9.361
Blind stamp on recto: 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Night'; LR margin (pencil): 'TC Polos'. VERSO: UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I' and 'Polos'; C: BMA stamp; BL (pencil): '2579-2678' and (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 29 1938'.

Artist

Theodore C. Polos

1900–1975

American, born Greece, 1901-1976
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

2000–2000

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