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The Poet

William Samuel Schwartz and WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago

The Poet

1936

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Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 365 x 293 mm. (14 3/8 x 11 9/16 in.) Image: 324 x 236 mm. (12 3/4 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.1943.9.253
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LR on stone, along shoulder, backwards, 'WILLIAM S. SCHWARTZ * 1937'; LL margin (pencil): 'William S. Schwartz'; BL Corner (brown ink): 'W[?]'. VERSO: TL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; UL (pencil): ' The Poet' / Schwartz, Lester [crossed through] / Schwartz, William S.'; RC: BMA stamp.

Artist

William Samuel Schwartz

1895–1976

American, born Russia, 1896-1977
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago

2000–2000

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