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Erik Gill and WPA/Federal Art Project, Los Angeles

There, on the Mountain of the Heart, the Last Village — Rilke

1937

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There, on the Mountain of the Heart, the Last Village — Rilke

1937

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph, Sheet: 509 x 408 mm. (20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.) Image: 420 x 310 mm. (16 9/16 x 12 3/16 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.1943.9.578
Blind stamp reads 'FEDERAL' above 'ART' above 'PROJECT' in oval with flat sides.
BMA, Jay Fisher, "WPA Prints from the 1930's," a traveling exhibition circulated during 1981-1982 to: Caroline County Public Library, Denton; Community College of Baltimore; Landon School, Bethesda; Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel; Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson.

BMA, Print Corridor, Jay Fisher, "WPA Prints from the Museum Collection," 23 August - 8 October 1978.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'There, on the Mountain of the Heart, the Last Village' -- Rilke'; LR margin (pencil): 'Erik Gill'; LR on stone: 'E.G. / 38-'. VERSO: UL (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

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