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Venus and a Ghost

Herman I. Bacharach and WPA/Federal Art Project, Philadelphia

Venus and a Ghost

1934-1940

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Venus and a Ghost

1934-1940

Physical Qualities Color linoleum cut, Sheet: 306 x 290 mm. (12 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.) Image: 2424 x 190 mm. (95 7/16 x 7 1/2 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.1943.9.436
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Venus and a Ghost 3/22'; LR margin (pencil): 'Herman Bacharach WPA Art Program'; LR, on block: 'H.I.B.'. VERSO: UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; BL: BMA stamp, and (pencil): 'Bacharach'; BC (pencil): 'Penna - Color Lino Blk'.

Artist

Herman I. Bacharach

1898–1975

American, 1899-1976
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, Philadelphia

2000–2000

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