Child Labor

Artist Ida Abelman (American, 1910 - 2002)

Date1937

DimensionsImage: W 8 x H 13 3/4 in. (W 20.3 x H 34.9 cm)
Paper: H 9 1/2 x W 16 in. (H 24.1 x W 40.6 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 number45.447

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Primary Title Child Labor

Inscriptionsrecto: b.r. graphite "3"; l.r. graphite "Ida Abelman"; l.l. graphite "Child Labor" Marks and Labels/Stampswatermark "BFK"; recto: l.l. stamped in black ink "FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA" WPA label on file: "WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL ART PROJECT STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. ARTIST ABELMAN, IDA TITLE CHILD LABOR MEDIUM LITHOGRAPH PROJECT NO. 265-6900-853 DATE MAY 21, 1937 Property of the United States Government" Stamped in blue ink on label "MAY 27 1937" Written in blue pencil on label "M"

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