Physical Qualities
Wood engraving, Sheet: 283 x 323 mm. (11 1/8 x 12 11/16 in.)
Image: 200 x 251 mm. (7 7/8 x 9 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.1943.9.455
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 Murphy, Lois / TITLE Hot Corn / MEDIUM Wood Engr / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 3/16/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'APR 28 1938'.
Virginia Anderson and Robin Owen Joyce, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA," November 5, 2023 - June 30, 2024.
Inscribed: RECTO: BL in block: 'MLM'; LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): ' Hot Corn' ; LR margin (pencil): 'M. Lois Murphy'; BR Corner (pencil): '6'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; Left C: BMA stamp.
Publisher
WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
2000–2000
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