Arthur G. Murphy and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco
Steel Riggers – No. 3 – Bay Bridge
1935
Scroll
- Artist: Arthur G. Murphy
- Publisher: WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco
Steel Riggers – No. 3 – Bay Bridge
1935
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 466 x 353 mm. (18 3/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Image: 392 x 301 mm. (15 7/16 x 11 7/8 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.1943.9.575
Label removed from verso (form, typed in): 'FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT / of the Works Progress Administration / Washington, D. C. / [995]0-C / ARTIST Arthur Murphy / STATE California MEDIUM Lithograph / TITLE OF WORK Steel Riggers No. 3 - Bay Bridge / LOANED TO / DATE / This work is the property of the United States / Government and is loaned subject to regulations / of loan and is not to be removed.'; (stamped in black ink): 'FEB 6 1937'; orange star sticker.
Cindy Medley Buckner, Art in a Day's Work: Prints from the WPA. Baltimore Museum of Art, 11 June-24 September 2000, fig. 11, p. 8.
Inscribed: RECTO: TL, on stone, reversed: 'Arthur G Murphy 36'; LL margin (pencil): 'Steel Riggers - No. 3. - Bay Bridge'; LR margin (pencil): 'Arthur G Murphy'. VERSO: BL (pencil): '441-537'; BR (pencil, upside down): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.
