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Violin Lesson
Public Domain

Lester O. Schwartz and WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago

Violin Lesson

1936

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Violin Lesson

1936

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph, Sheet: 375 x 447 mm. (14 3/4 x 17 5/8 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.1943.9.405

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Violin Lesson'; LC margin (pencil): '25 imp.'; LR margin (pencil): 'Lester O. Schwartz'. VERSO: UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I' and (purple pencil, circled): '543'; C: BMA stamp; LL (pencil): 'Illinois / Litho'; BLE, sideways (pencil): 'Schwartz, Lester'.

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