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Railroad Crossing

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

Railroad Crossing

1936

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Railroad Crossing

1936

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 312 x 390 mm. (12 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.) Image: 272 x 354 mm. (10 11/16 x 13 15/16 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.1943.9.424
Blind stamp on recto: 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'RR + X'; LR margin (pencil): 'TC Polos'. VERSO: TL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp; BL (pencil): '2015-2114'; BC (pencil): 'Calif. 'Railroad Crossing' - Theodore Polos - Litho'.

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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