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Tropical Fishes

David P. Chun and WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

Tropical Fishes

1938

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Tropical Fishes

1938

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph, Sheet: 404 x 319 mm. (15 7/8 x 12 9/16 in.) Image: 347 x 252 mm. (13 11/16 x 9 15/16 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.1943.9.881
Blind stamp reads 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Tropical Fishes'; LR margin (pencil): 'David P. Chun'. VERSO: TL (pencil): 'Chun, David / #1696 - gr. 2'; BL Corner (pencil): '4357' and (stamped in black ink): 'May 7_ 1940'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

David P. Chun

1897–1988

American, born Hawaii, 1898-1989
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, San Francisco

2000–2000

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