Boris Gorelick and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Mine Disaster
1934-1936
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon, brush and tusche, and spatter lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 400 x 582 mm. (15 3/4 x 22 15/16 in.)
Image: 286 x 374 mm. (11 1/4 x 14 3/4 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.1943.9.91
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE typed in): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST GORELICK, BORIS / TITLE MINE DISASTER / MEDIUM WOOD LITHOGRAPH / PROJECT NO. 265-6900-853 / DATE MAY 7, 1937 / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in blue ink): 'MAY 12 1937'; (red pencil): 'D'.
Cindy Medley Buckner, Art in a Day's Work: Prints from the WPA. Baltimore Museum of Art, 11 June-24 September 2000.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Mine Disaster'; LR margin (pencil): 'Boris Gorelick'; BR Corner (pencil): '3'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.
Publisher
WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
2000–2000
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