Backyard Shadows

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

Date1938

Geographic OriginMassachusetts

MediumEtching on cream paper

DimensionsPlate: H 6 15/16 x W 10 in. (H 17.6 x W 25.4 cm)
Paper: H 14 7/8 x W 11 5/16 in. (H 37.8 x W 28.7 cm)

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

Object number43.346

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Title Details

Primary Title Backyard Shadows

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "WHW Bicknell"; l. edge graphite "W.P.A. 1939 Back Yard Shadows. Etching 7 x 10 WHW Bicknell -"; verso: r. edge blue pencil "#504-14"Marks and Labels/Stampsverso: u.l. WPA label: "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950-C of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D. C. ARTIST BICKNELL, WILLIAM H. STATE MASSACHUSETTS MEDIUM ETCHING TITLE OF WORK BACK YARD SHADOWS LOANED TO FAP NATIONAL 1734 NEW YORK AVENUE, N. W. WASHINGTON, D.C. DATE MARCH 14, 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 "MAR 24 1939" Written in blue pencil on label "M"

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