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Night Goings On

Paul Laessle and WPA/Federal Art Project, Philadelphia

Night Goings On

1934-1938

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Night Goings On

1934-1938

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 407 x 328 mm. (16 x 12 15/16 in.) Image: 314 x 237 mm. (12 3/8 x 9 5/16 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.1943.9.651
Label removed from verso (typed): 'PENNSYLVANIA ART PROJECT / WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION / Artist Paul Laessle / Title Night Goings On / Medium Lithograph / PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'; (stamped in black ink): 'JAN 12 1940'.
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Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Night Goings On'; LR margin (pencil): '8/35 Paul Laessle'; BR Corner (pencil): '8'. VERSO: TL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Paul Laessle

1907–1987

American, 1908-1988
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, Philadelphia

2000–2000

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