Low Tide

Artist William Harry Warren Bicknell (American, 1860 - 1947)

Date1939

DimensionsPaper: H 12 3/8 x W 15 in. (H 31.5 x W 38.1 cm)
Plate: H 7 7/8 x W 11 1/16 in. (H 20 x W 28.1 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 number45.1051

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Primary Title Low Tide

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "WHW Bicknell"; l. edge graphite "W.P.A. 1939. 'Low tide' Etching 8 x11 WHW Bicknell"; verso: u.c. graphite "504-18"Marks and Labels/Stampswatermark "VAN GELDER ZONEN HOLLAND"; WPA label on file: "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT of the Work Projects [Progress crossed out] Administration Washington, D. C. ARTIST Bicknell, William H. STATE Massachusetts MEDIUM Etching TITLE OF WORK Low Tide LOANED TO FAP NATIONAL 1734 New York Avenue, N. W. Washington, D.C. DATE July 20, 1939 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 on label "JUL 25 1939" Written and encircled in blue pencil on label "M"

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