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Lindy Hop
Lindy Hop

Lindy Hop

Artist (American, 1913 - 2004)
Dateca. 1937
Geographic OriginNew York, New York
MediumWood engraving on ivory paper
DimensionsImage: H 6 x W 8 in. (H 15.2 x W 20.3 cm)
Paper: H 8 3/4 x W 11 5/16 in. (H 22.2 x W 28.7 cm)
Credit LineCourtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U. S. General Services Administration. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects, 1945
Object number45.1032
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Object NamePrint
Title Details
Primary Title Lindy Hop
Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "Fred Becker"; l.c. graphite "LINDY HOP"; l.r. corner graphite "6"Marks and Labels/Stampswatermark "BASINGWERK PARCHMENT"; recto: l.l. stamped in black ink "FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA"; WPA label on file: "WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL ART PROJECT STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. ARTIST BECKER, FRED TITLE LINDY HOP MEDIUM WOOD ENGR. PROJECT NO. 265-6900 DATE 8/6/37 Property of the United States Government" Stamped in blue ink on label "AUG 13 1937" Written in graphite on label "B"

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