Chickens

Artist Russell Green (American, 1910)

Date1937

DimensionsImage: H 9 1/16 x W 12 in. (H 23 x W 30.5 cm)
Paper: H 12 5/8 x W 16 3/16 in. (H 32 x W 41.1 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 number45.1224

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Primary Title Chickens

Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. graphite "6/25"; l.c. graphite "chickens"; l.r. graphite "Russell Green"Marks and Labels/Stampsverso: b.c. stamped in black ink on paper "FEDERAL ART PROJECT WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION 433 E. ERIE STREET***CHICAGO, ILLINOIS" WPA label on file: "of the Works Progress Administration Washington D.c. ARTIST Russell Green STATE Illinois, Chicago MEDIUM Colored Woodblock TITLE OF WORK Chicken -#403 LOANED TO F.A.P. Exhibition-Washington DATE 2/2/37 This work is the the property of the United States Government and is loaned subject to regulations of loan and is not to be removed." A red star is attached to label Stamped in black ink then crossed out with blue pencil "FEB 6 1937" with "March 3 1937" written above

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