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Nan Lurie and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Speaker

1934-1937

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Speaker

1934-1937

Physical Qualities Brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 580 x 409 mm. (22 13/16 x 16 1/8 in.) Image: 512 x 332 mm. (20 3/16 x 13 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.1943.9.223
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST LURIE, NAN / TITLE SPEAKER / MEDIUM LITHO / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 11/26/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'NOV 18 1938'.
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Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Nan Lurie'; LR margin (pencil): 'Speaker'; BR Corner (pencil): '14'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 1'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Nan Lurie

1909–1984

American, 1910-1985
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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