Erik Gill and WPA/Federal Art Project, Los Angeles
Death and the Poet
1934-1937
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping and hand coloring, Sheet: 537 x 405 mm. (21 1/8 x 15 15/16 in.)
Image: 449 x 288 mm. (17 11/16 x 11 5/16 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.1943.9.391
Blind stamp reads 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
BMA, Print Corridor, Jay Fisher, "WPA Prints from the Museum Collection," 23 August - 8 October 1978.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (white paint): 'Death and the Poet-'; LR margin (white paint): '-Erik Gill-'; LR on stone: 'Erik'. VERSO: UR (typed on label): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT #8162-10 / Col. Litho: Death & The Poet / By: Erik Gill / Received: 7-5-38 11 x 17 1/2' ; UR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; LL (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 29 1938'; C: BMA stamp.
