Sand Trees

Artist Arthur G. Murphy (American, 1906 - 1991)

Date1940

Geographic OriginCalifornia

DimensionsImage: W 14 x H 10 1/16 in. (W 35.6 x H 25.6 cm)
Paper: H 11 7/16 x W 15 15/16 in. (H 29.1 x W 40.5 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 number45.498

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title Sand Trees

Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. graphite "Sand Trees"; l.r. graphite "Arthur Murphy"; verso: l.l. blue litho crayon encircled "M"Marks and Labels/Stampswatermark "FRANCE"; recto: l.r. embossed stamp in oval bottom cut off "FEDERAL / ART / PROJECT"; verso: l.l. stamp "May 7 1940"; l.l. written in red ink: "ARTIST MURPHY, ARTHUR - Same Trees - Litho CATALOG NO 4415 FED. PROJECT NO. 1 ART"

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