Adrian Troy and WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago
The Tool Checker
1936
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Color woodcut, Sheet: 266 x 282 mm. (10 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)
Image: 177 x 222 mm. (6 15/16 x 8 3/4 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.1943.9.901
Label removed from verso (typed): 'FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT / of the Works Progress Administration / Washington, D. C. / 9950-C / ARTIST Adrian Troy / STATE Illinois-Chicago MEDIUM Wood Block / TITLE OF WORK #370 - The Tool Checker / LOANED TO Federal Art Project, Washington, D.C. / DATE 4/8/37 / This work is the property of the United States / Government and is loaned subject to regulations / of loan and is not to be removed.'; (stamped in blue ink): 'APR 22 1937'; red star sticker.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: LR margin (pencil): 'Adrian Troy / 15/25'; remarque BL in block: 'The Tool-Checker'. VERSO: TR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; LL (pencil): '370' circled; BL Corner: BMA stamp.
