Physical Qualities
Etching with printed tone, Sheet: 220 x 206 mm. (8 11/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Plate: 158 x 152 mm. (6 1/4 x 6 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.1943.9.794
Label removed from verso (typed): 'FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT / of the Works Progress Administration / Washington, D. C. / 9950-C / ARTIST Dorothy Rutka / STATE Ohio MEDIUM Etching / TITLE OF WORK Melting Pot / LOANED TO FAP Washington / DATE June 30, 1938 / This work is the property of the United States / Government and is loaned subject to regulations / of loan and is not to be removed.'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 15 1938'.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Melting Pot'; LC margin (stamped in black ink): '*FEDERAL ART PROJECT NO. 1*'; LR margin (pencil): 'DRutka'. VERSO: TL Corner (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; BL Corner: BMA stamp.
