Homage to Their Ancestors

Artist Fay Chong (American, 1912 - 1973)

Date1938

Geographic OriginWashington

MediumLinocut on tissue paper

DimensionsImage: H 8 1/16 x W 10 1/16 in. (H 20.5 x W 25.6 cm)
Paper: H 11 1/8 x W 15 7/8 in. (H 28.3 x W 40.3 cm)

Credit LineAllocated by the U. S. Government, 1943. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects

Object number43.371

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title Homage to Their Ancestors

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "Fay Chong 1938"; l.l. graphite "Homage to Their Ancestors"Marks and Labels/Stampsverso: u.r. WPA label: "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950-C of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D.C. ARTIST Fay Chong STATE Washington MEDIUM Linoleum Print TITLE OF WORK Homage to Their Ancestors LOANED TO DATE July 11, 1938 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 18 1938" Written in graphite on label "M"

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