Gyula Zilzer and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Two Beggars
1936
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching with printed tone, Sheet: 399 x 286 mm. (15 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Plate: 299 x 227 mm. (11 3/4 x 8 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.1943.9.933
Label removed from verso (form, filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST ZILZER, GYULA / TITLE TWO BEGGARS / MEDIUM ETCHING / PROJECT NO. 265-6900-853 / DATE APR 16 1937[stamped in blue ink] / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in black ink): 'APR 21 1937'; (pencil): 'B'.
Extended Loans IN
Inscribed: RECTO: BL in plate: 'Gy. Zilzer 1937'; LL margin (pencil): '-Two beggars-' and below (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LR margin (pencil): 'Gy. Zilzer 37'; BR Corner (pencil): '2'. VERSO: TL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.
