Physical Qualities
Aquatint, Sheet: 249 x 328 mm. (9 13/16 x 12 15/16 in.)
Plate: 215 x 276 mm. (8 7/16 x 10 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.1943.9.232
Label removed from verso (typed): 'FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT / of the Works Progress Administration / Washington, D. C. / 9950-C / ARTIST D. Rutka / STATE Ohio (Cleveland) MEDIUM Aquatint / TITLE OF WORK Poverty / LOANED TO Columbus / DATE March 15, 1937 / 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): 'APR 1 1937'; (blue pencil): 'B'.
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 (pencil): 'Poverty'; LC margin (stamped in black ink): '*FEDERAL ART PROJECT NO. 1*'; LR margin (pencil): 'DRutka'; BR Corner (pencil): 'A'. VERSO: RC: BMA stamp.
