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Resting Woman
Public Domain

Saul Kovner and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Resting Woman

1938

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Resting Woman

1938

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 405 x 265 mm. (15 15/16 x 10 7/16 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.1943.9.705
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, and MEDIUM typed in): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE New York CITY New York / ARTIST Kovner, Saul / TITLE Resting Woman / MEDIUM Litho / PROJECT NO. 65-1-97-7 / DATE NOV 8 1939 [stamped in blue ink] / Property of the / United States Government / FAP: 1871'; (stamped in black ink): 'DEC _5 1939'.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Resting Woman'; LR margin (pencil): 'Saul'; BR Corner (pencil): '21'; LR on stone: 'Saul 39'. VERSO: TC (pencil): 'Saul Kovner'; UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Saul Kovner

1903–1980

American, born Russia, 1904-1981
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