The Deserted House

Artist Fay Chong (American, 1912 - 1973)

Date1938

Geographic OriginWashington

DimensionsImage: H 7 15/16 x W 10 in. (H 20.2 x W 25.4 cm)
Paper: H 11 1/8 x W 15 7/8 in. (H 28.3 x W 40.3 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 number45.1117

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title The Deserted House

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "Fay Chong 1938"; l.l. graphite "The Deserted House"Marks and Labels/StampsWPA label on file: "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 The Deserted House LOANED TO DATE June 28, 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 5 1938" Written and encircled in graphite on label "M"

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