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Erik Gill and WPA/Federal Art Project, Los Angeles

There, on the Mountain of the Heart, the Last Village — Rilke

1937

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There, on the Mountain of the Heart, the Last Village — Rilke

1937

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph, Sheet: 509 x 408 mm. (20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.) Image: 420 x 310 mm. (16 9/16 x 12 3/16 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.1943.9.578
Blind stamp reads 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'There, on the Mountain of the Heart, the Last Village' -- Rilke'; LR margin (pencil): 'Erik Gill'; LR on stone: 'E.G. / 38-'. VERSO: UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Erik Gill

2000–2000

American, dates unknown
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, Los Angeles

2000–2000

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