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Carl Hoeckner and WPA/Federal Art Project, Chicago

Whither Mankind

1939

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Whither Mankind

1939

Physical Qualities Color screenprint, Sheet: 459 x 609 mm. (18 1/16 x 24 in.) Image: 326 x 524 mm. (12 13/16 x 20 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.1943.9.157

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Whither Mankind'; LC margin (pencil): '2/20'; LR margin (pencil): 'Carl Hoeckner'; BR Corner (pencil): '5289'; BL Corner on matrix: 'C. HOECKNER'. VERSO: UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; URE (pencil): 'Hoeckner, Carl'; C: BMA stamp; LC (pencil): 'Illinois / Silk Screen'; R Ctr (black grease pencil): '5289'.

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Carl Hoeckner

1882–1971

American, born Germany, 1883-1972
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