Fred Becker and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Trombone Player
1936
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Wood engraving, Sheet: 220 x 286 mm. (8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Image: 123 x 196 mm. (4 13/16 x 7 11/16 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.1943.9.323
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST BECKER, FRED / TITLE TROMBONE PLAYER / MEDIUM WOOD ENGR. / PROJECT NO. 265-6900 / DATE 10/29/37 / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in black ink): 'NOV 10 1937'.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'TROMBONE PLAYER'; LR margin (pencil): 'Fred Becker'; BE (pencil): 'Becker-'Trombone Player''; BR Corner (pencil): '2'; BL in block: 'Becker'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; LCtr: BMA stamp.
