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Poverty
Public Domain

Dorothy Rutka and WPA/Federal Art Project, Cleveland

Poverty

c. 1935-1936

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Poverty

c. 1935-1936

Physical Qualities Aquatint, Sheet: 249 x 328 mm. (9 13/16 x 12 15/16 in.) Plate: 215 x 276 mm. (8 7/16 x 10 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.1943.9.232
Cindy Medley Buckner, Art in a Day's Work: Prints from the WPA. Baltimore Museum of Art, 11 June-24 September 2000.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Poverty'; LC margin (stamped in black ink): '*FEDERAL ART PROJECT NO. 1*'; LR margin (pencil): 'DRutka'; BR Corner (pencil): 'A'. VERSO: RC: BMA stamp.

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