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Public Domain

Dayton Brandfield and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

The Barn and the Sky

c. 1936-1938

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The Barn and the Sky

c. 1936-1938

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 408 x 583 mm. (16 1/16 x 22 15/16 in.) Image: 320 x 464 mm. (12 5/8 x 18 1/4 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.1943.9.865

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'The Barn and the Sky'; LR margin (pencil): 'Dayton Brandfield'; BR Corner (pencil): '14'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; LC: BMA stamp.

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