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Lillian Richter and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Potato Pickers

1934-1938

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Potato Pickers

1934-1938

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 406 x 585 mm. (16 x 23 1/16 in.) Image: 322 x 476 mm. (12 11/16 x 18 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.1943.9.588
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): 'Potato Pickers'; LR margin (pencil): 'L Richter'; BR Corner (pencil): '17'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

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