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Tattoo Artist

Eli Jacobi and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Tattoo Artist

1937

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Tattoo Artist

1937

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 326 x 404 mm. (12 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.) Image: 277 x 350 mm. (10 7/8 x 13 3/4 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.1943.9.462
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): ' Tattoo Artist' ; LR margin (pencil): 'Eli Jacobi'; BR Corner (pencil): '20'; BL Corner on stone: '[artist's monogram]38'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Eli Jacobi

1897–1983

American, born Russia, 1898-1984
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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