Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 368 x 506 mm. (14 1/2 x 19 15/16 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.1943.9.732
Label removed from verso (form, typed in): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / CALIFORNIA / OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / WASHINGTON, D. C. / ARTIST HERRON, Edwin / TITLE OF WORK The Enemy / MEDIUM Lithograph / EXHIBITION NO. 3689 DATE 5/3/39 / THIS WORK IS THE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES / GOVERNMENT AND IS LOANED SUBJECT TO THE REGU- / LATIONS OF LOAN AND IS NOT TO BE REMOVED.'; (stamped in red ink): 'SAN FRANCISCO'; (stamped in black ink): 'AUG 29 1939'. Blind stamp reads 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'THE ENEMY'; LR margin (pencil): 'Edwin Herron'; BR Corner on stone: 'E. Herron'. VERSO: TL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; BL Corner (pencil): '3590-3689'; C: BMA stamp.
Publisher
WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco
2000–2000
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