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Crabbing
Public Domain

Elizabeth Olds and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Crabbing

1934-1938

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Crabbing

1934-1938

Physical Qualities Color crayon, brush and tusche, and spatter lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 469 x 404 mm. (18 7/16 x 15 7/8 in.) Image: 359 x 276 mm. (14 1/8 x 10 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.1943.9.84
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM and DATE filled in with black ink, partially torn): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST [Old]s, Elizabeth / TITLE Cra[b]bing / MEDIUM Color lithograph / PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 / DATE 7/27/39 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 24 1939'.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Crabbing.'; LR margin (pencil): 'Elizabeth Olds.'; BR Corner (pencil): '15'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'.

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