Suicide

Artist Albert Abramovitz (American | Russian, 1879 - 1963)

Date1938

DimensionsImage: W 4 1/2 x H 6 in. (W 11.4 x H 15.3 cm)
Paper: H 11 5/16 x W 8 3/4 in. (H 28.7 x W 22.2 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 number45.417

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Primary Title Suicide

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "Abramovitz"; l.c. graphite "Suicide"; b.r. graphite "15" verso: r. edge graphite "rubber cement thinner used May 15 '46" Marks and Labels/Stampswatermark "Basingwerk Parchment"; WPA label on file: "WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL ART PROJECT STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. ARTIST ABRAMOVITZ, ALBERT TITLE SUICIDE MEDIUM WOOD ENGR. PROJECT NO. 265-6900 DATE 1/24/38 Property of the United States Government" Stamped in black ink on label "JAN 29 1938" Written in blue pencil on label "M"

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