Elizabeth Olds and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
W.P.A. Rhythm Band
1936
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 391 x 402 mm. (15 3/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
Image: 252 x 356 mm. (9 15/16 x 14 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.1943.9.80
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, and MEDIUM filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST OLDS, ELIZABETH / TITLE W.P.A. RHYTHM BAND / MEDIUM LITHO / 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'.
Cindy Medley Buckner, Art in a Day's Work: Prints from the WPA. Baltimore Museum of Art, 11 June-24 September 2000.
Virginia Anderson and Robin Owen Joyce, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA," November 5, 2023 - June 30, 2024.
Virginia Anderson and Robin Owen Joyce, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA," November 5, 2023 - June 30, 2024.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'W.P.A. Rythm Band'; LR margin (pencil): 'Elizabeth Olds. 1937.'; BR Corner (pencil): '6'; BL Corner (pencil, erased): '19'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.
