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Douglas Wilson and WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago

The Visitor

1938

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The Visitor

1938

Physical Qualities Woodcut, Sheet: 732 x 545 mm. (28 13/16 x 21 7/16 in.) Image: 632 x 499 mm. (24 7/8 x 19 5/8 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.1943.9.491

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'The Visitor 10 imp.'; LR margin (pencil): 'Douglas Wilson' and '2493'. VERSO: TL (pencil): 'Wilson / #1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

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1866
NUDE VISITORS AT THE MUSEUM
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Nude Visitors at the Museum
n.d.
A VISIT TO THE LIBRARY. - LISTEN WOMAN... THEY HAVE TOLD US NOT TO DISTURB THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE, BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING. - WHAT DO YOU MEAN WORKING... THEY ARE JUST FEIGNING TO BE WORKING... IN REALITY THEY AREN'T MOVING AT ALL! --- VISITORS FROM THE PROVINCE WHO INSIST ON OVERLOOKING PARIS FROM THE TOP OF THE JULY COLUMN, CONVINCED THAT THE REVOLUTION OF 1830 WAS ONLY MADE IN ORDER TO HAVE A PRETEXT TO BUILD AN OBSERVATORY ON THE PLACE
Honoré Daumier
A visit to the Library. - Listen woman... they have told us not to disturb the people sitting here, because they are working. - What do you mean working... they are just feigning to be working... in reality they aren't moving at all! --- Visitors from the province who insist on overlooking Paris from the top of the July Column, convinced that the revolution of 1830 was only made in order to have a pretext to build an observatory on the Place de la Bastille.
1853
WHO SAYS, PARISIENS ARE NEVER SATISFIED! NOT ONE DISSATISFIED VISITOR IN THE FIRST FOUR ROWS. IT'S TRUE, ALL FRENCHMEN ARE ROMANS.
Honoré Daumier
Who says, Parisiens are never satisfied! Not one dissatisfied visitor in the first four rows. It's true, all Frenchmen are Romans.
1864