Albert J. Webb and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
The Moon and Sixpence
1934
Scroll
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
Label removed from verso (form, filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST Webb, Albert / TITLE The moon and sixpence / MEDIUM Drypoint / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 8/18/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'SEP 1 1938'.
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'.
