Moses Oley and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Worker with Mallet
1934-1937
Scroll
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'.
Extended Loans IN
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.
