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Chee Chin and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

Portsmouth Square

1935

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Portsmouth Square

1935

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph, Sheet: 404 x 578 mm. (15 7/8 x 22 3/4 in.) Image: 252 x 352 mm. (9 15/16 x 13 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.1943.9.576
Blind stamp reads 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Chee Chin'; LR margin (pencil): 'Portsmouth Square'; LL on stone: 'C.C. 36'. VERSO: TL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; TRE (pencil): 'Chin, Chee'; UR (stamped in blue ink): 'OCT 6 1937'; BL (pencil): '971-1066'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Chee Chin

1895–1965

American, born China, 1896-1966
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

2000–2000

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