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The Moon and Sixpence
Public Domain

Albert J. Webb and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

The Moon and Sixpence

c. 1935-1938

Scroll

The Moon and Sixpence

c. 1935-1938

Physical Qualities Drypoint with printed tone, Sheet: 312 x 378 mm. (12 5/16 x 14 7/8 in.) Plate: 247 x 312 mm. (9 3/4 x 12 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.1943.9.114
Cindy Medley Buckner, Art in a Day's Work: Prints from the WPA. Baltimore Museum of Art, 11 June-24 September 2000.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin: title mostly erased; LR margin: artist's signature mostly erased; BR Corner (pencil): '18'; C in plate: 'WEBB'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; Lower C: BMA stamp; BL (pencil): 'BMA #101'; BC (pencil): 'Albert Webb / The Moon and Sixpence 1938 / Drypoint'.

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