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

Worker with Mallet

c. 1935-1938

Scroll

Worker with Mallet

c. 1935-1938

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
Cindy Medley Buckner, Art in a Day's Work: Prints from the WPA. Baltimore Museum of Art, 11 June-24 September 2000.

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.

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