Blanche M. Grambs and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Street Scene from Elevated Station
1938
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- Artist: Blanche M. Grambs
- Publisher: WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Street Scene from Elevated Station
1938
Physical Qualities
Etching and aquatint with roulette and hand coloring, Sheet: 277 x 393 mm. (10 7/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
Image: 229 x 302 mm. (9 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.1943.9.233
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK / ARTIST Grambs, Blanche / TITLE Street scene from Elevated station / MEDIUM color etching / PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 / DATE AUG 18 1939 [stamped in blue ink] / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:1523'; (stamped in black ink): 'AUG 29 1939'.
Virginia Anderson and Robin Owen Joyce, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA," November 5, 2023 - June 30, 2024.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Street scene from Elevated Station'; LR margin (pencil): 'grambs'; BR Corner (pencil): '14'. VERSO: LR: (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; L Ctr: BMA stamp.
