Arthur G. Murphy and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco
Pelicans
1938-1939
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Spatter lithograph, Sheet: 354 x 393 mm. (13 15/16 x 15 1/2 in.)
Image: 233 x 333 mm. (9 3/16 x 13 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.1943.9.827
On stone, below image: 'THREE OLD MEN OF THE SEA ... WORRY NOT NO FISH THEREIN.' (4 verses) Blind stamp: 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: LL, below image (pencil): 'Pelicans'; LR, below image (pencil): 'Arthur Murphy'. VERSO: TL Corner (pencil): 'Calif / Arthur Murphy / Litho'; TL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; BL (pencil): '4452'; C: BMA stamp.
