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Zebra Fish

Effim H. Sherman and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Zebra Fish

1934-1937

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Zebra Fish

1934-1937

Physical Qualities Softground etching with printed tone, Sheet: 273 x 389 mm. (10 3/4 x 15 5/16 in.) Plate: 227 x 302 mm. (8 15/16 x 11 7/8 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.1943.9.891
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 SHERMAN, EFFIM / TITLE ZEBRA FISH / MEDIUM SOFT GROUND ETCH. / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 6/10/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUN 21 1938'.
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Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Zebra Fish'; LR margin (pencil): 'Effim H. Sherman'; BR Corner (pencil): '5'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Effim H. Sherman

1884–1963

American, born Romania, 1885-1964
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Publisher

WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

2000–2000

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