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Moses Oley and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Worker with Mallet

1934-1937

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Worker with Mallet

1934-1937

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 467 x 350 mm. (18 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.) Image: 414 x 309 mm. (16 5/16 x 12 3/16 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.1943.9.108
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST Oley, Moses / TITLE Worker with mallet / MEDIUM Lithograph / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 3/16/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'APR 28 1938'.
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Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil, partially erased?): 'Worker with Mallet'; LC margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LR margin (pencil): 'M. Oley'; BR Corner on stone: 'M. Oley'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; UC: BMA stamp.

Artist

Moses Oley

1895–1977

American, born Poland, 1896-1978
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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