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The New Deal – Pro & Con

Eli Jacobi and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

The New Deal – Pro & Con

1935

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The New Deal – Pro & Con

1935

Physical Qualities Linoleum cut, Sheet: 306 x 362 mm. (12 1/16 x 14 1/4 in.) Image: 201 x 252 mm. (7 15/16 x 9 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.1943.9.469
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): ' The New Deal - pro & con' ; LR margin (pencil): 'Eli Jacobi'; BR Corner (pencil): '13'; BL Corner in plate: '[artist's monogram]'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; BL Corner: BMA stamp.

Artist

Eli Jacobi

1897–1983

American, born Russia, 1898-1984
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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