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Siesta

Eli Jacobi and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Siesta

1934-1936

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Siesta

1934-1936

Physical Qualities Woodcut, Sheet: 254 x 366 mm. (10 x 14 7/16 in.) Image: 190 x 256 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 1/16 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.1943.9.464
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): ' Siesta' ; LR margin (pencil): 'Eli Jacobi'; BR Corner (pencil): '15'; BR Corner in block: '[artist's monogram]'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; Left C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Eli Jacobi

1897–1983

American, born Russia, 1898-1984
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