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The Last of the El

Jack Markow and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

The Last of the El

1935-1938

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The Last of the El

1935-1938

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 407 x 292 mm. (16 x 11 1/2 in.) Image: 254 x 237 mm. (10 x 9 5/16 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.1943.9.307
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, and MEDIUM typed in): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE New York CITY New York / ARTIST Markow, Jack / TITLE The Last of the El / MEDIUM Litho / Project No. 65-1-97-7 / Date OCT 9 1939[stamped in blue ink] / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in black ink): 'OCT 16 1939'.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): ' The Last of the El' ; LR margin (pencil): 'Jack Markow'; BR Corner (pencil): '24'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Jack Markow

1904–1982

American, born England, 1905-1983
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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