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Siesta
Public Domain

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

Siesta

c. 1935-1937

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Siesta

c. 1935-1937

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

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

American, born Russia, 1898-1984

American, born Russia, 1898-1984
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