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Civil War

Civil War

Artist (American | Russian, 1879 - 1963)
Date1938
Geographic OriginNew York, New York
MediumWood engraving on ivory paper
DimensionsImage: W 4 1/2 x H 6 1/16 in. (W 11.4 x H 15.4 cm)
Paper: H 8 7/8 x W 7 7/8 in. (H 22.5 x W 20 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 number45.438
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Object NamePrint
Title Details
Primary Title Civil War
Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "Abramovitz"; l.r. graphite "Civil War"; b.r. graphite "2"; b.c. graphite "Abramovitz- Civil War" Marks and Labels/Stampswatermark "Parchment- Basingwerk"; recto: l.l. stamped in black ink "FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA" WPA label on file: "WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL ART PROJECT STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. ARTIST ABRAMOVITZ, ALBERT TITLE CIVIL WAR 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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