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Francis Bernard Shields and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

The Lady Takes a Subject

c. 1935-1939

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The Lady Takes a Subject

c. 1935-1939

Physical Qualities Color crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 406 x 583 mm. (16 x 22 15/16 in.) Image: 299 x 460 mm. (11 3/4 x 18 1/8 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.1943.9.922

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'The Lady takes a subject' ; LR margin (pencil): 'Shields'; BR Corner (pencil): '22'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

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