Clowns

Artist Russell Green (American, 1910)

Date1937

Geographic OriginIllinois

DimensionsImage: W 8 x H 10 1/16 in. (W 20.3 x H 25.6 cm)
Paper: H 16 1/4 x W 12 5/8 in. (H 41.3 x W 32.1 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 number45.491

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title Clowns

Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. graphite "6/25"; l.c. graphite "Clowns"; l.r. graphite "Russell Green"; b.r. graphite "Ills" verso: c.l. graphite encircled "473"Marks and Labels/StampsWPA label on file "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950-C Of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D.C. ARTIST Russell Green STATE Illinois MEDIUM Wood Block- Print TITLE OF WORK Clown #473 LOANED TO Federal Art Project, Washington, D.C. DATE 4/17/37 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 blue ink on label "APR 22 1937" Written in blue pencil on label "M"

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