A Tree, A Telephone Pole, and Some Houses

Artist Fay Chong (American, 1912 - 1973)

Date1939

Geographic OriginWashington

DimensionsImage: H 8 x W 10 1/2 in. (H 20.3 x W 26.7 cm)
Paper: H 11 x W 15 3/4 in. (H 27.9 x W 40 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 number45.1122

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title A Tree, A Telephone Pole, and Some Houses

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "CHONG 1939"; l.l. graphite "A TREE, A TELEPHONE POLE, AND SOME HOUSES"Marks and Labels/StampsWPA label on file: "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950-C-M of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D.C. ARTIST Fay Chong STATE Washington MEDIUM Linoleum Print TITLE OF WORK 'A TREE, A TELEPHONE POLE, AND SOME HOUSES' " (label cropped) Stamped in black ink on label "DEC 27 1939" Written and encircled in blue pencil on label "M"

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