Physical Qualities
Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 407 x 582 mm. (16 x 22 15/16 in.)
Image: 346 x 448 mm. (13 5/8 x 17 5/8 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.1943.9.33
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 SUBWAY BOOTBLACK / 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'.
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): 'Subway Bootblack'; LR margin (pencil) 'Nan Lurie'; BR Corner (pencil): '22'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 1'; Left C: BMA stamp.
Publisher
WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
2000–2000
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