Three Old Figures

Artist Fay Chong (American, 1912 - 1973)

Date1938

Geographic OriginWashington

MediumLinocut on tissue paper

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

Object number43.369

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title Three Old Figures

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "Fay Chong 1938"; l.l. graphite "Three Old Figures"Marks and Labels/Stampsverso: u.r. WPA label: "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950-C of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D.C. ARTIST Fay Chong STATE Washington MEDIUM Linoleum TITLE OF WORK Three Old Figures LOANED TO DATE July 12, 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 "AUG 11 1938"

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