Circus Group No. 3 Trapeze Artist

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

Date1937

Geographic OriginCalifornia

DimensionsImage: W 8 1/4 x H 11 7/16 in. (W 21 x H 29 cm)
Paper: H 13 1/4 x W 9 5/8 in. (H 33.7 x W 24.4 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 number45.469

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title Circus Group No. 3 Trapeze Artist

Inscriptionsrecto: b.l. graphite "Circus Group No. 3 Trapeze Artist"; b.r. graphite artists' initials "AGM" (assumed, writing illegible); t.r. red pencil "M" verso: b.l. graphite "1320-1415"Marks and Labels/Stampsu.l. watermark "RIVES"; WPA label on file (label cut down): "AP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950 of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D.C. RTIST Murphy, Arthur STATE California MEDIUM Lithograph TITLE OF WORK Circus Group- #3- Trapeze Artist LOANED TO DATE This work is the property of the United States Governemnt and is loaned subject to regulations of loan and is not to be removed" A red star with a blue pencil line through it is attached to the label Written in blue pencil on label "M" Stamped in blue ink on label "MAY 12 1937"

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