Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 290 x 203 mm. (11 7/16 x 8 in.)
Image: 201 x 149 mm. (7 15/16 x 5 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.1943.9.632
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST BOTTS, HUGH / TITLE UMBRELLA MENDER / MEDIUM ETCHING / PROJECT NO. 265-6900-853 / DATE 4/23/37 / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in black ink): 'MAY 3 193' [off the edge]; (pencil): 'B'.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'Umbrella Mender'; LR margin (pencil): 'Botts'; BR Corner (pencil): '4'; in plate, UL on plaque: 'BOTTS 1936'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.
Publisher
WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
2000–2000
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