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Strange Animal
Public Domain

Francis Bernard Shields and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Strange Animal

1934

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Strange Animal

1934

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 327 x 427 mm. (12 7/8 x 16 13/16 in.) Image: 272 x 369 mm. (10 11/16 x 14 1/2 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.1943.9.983
BMA, Print Corridor, Jay Fisher, "WPA Prints from the Museum Collection," 23 August - 8 October 1978.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Strange Animal'; LR margin (pencil): 'Shields'; BR Corner (pencil): '24'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'.

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