Circus Group # 1- Balance Act

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

Date1937

Geographic OriginCalifornia

DimensionsImage: H 11 7/16 x W 7 5/16 in. (H 29 x W 18.5 cm)
Paper: H 16 1/16 x W 11 9/16 in. (H 40.8 x W 29.4 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 number45.1364

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title Circus Group # 1- Balance Act

Inscriptionsrecto: b.l. graphite "Circus Group- #1-balance act"; b.r. graphite "AGM"; t.r red pencil "M" verso: b.r. edge graphite "1299-1395" Marks and Labels/StampsWPA label on file: label has been cut down "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950- of the Works Progress Administration RTIST Murphy, Arthur STATE California MEDIUM Lithograph TITLE OF WORK Circus Group #1- Balance Act LOANED TO DATE This work is the property of the United States Government and is loaned subject to regulations of loan and is not to be removed." A red star is attached to the label Stamped in blue ink on label "MAY 12 1937"

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