Backyards

Artist Remick Neeson (1933 - 1943)

Date1937

DimensionsImage: H 5 1/2 x W 4 7/8 in. (H 14 x W 12.4 cm)
Paper: H 11 1/4 x W 8 5/8 in. (H 28.6 x W 21.9 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 number45.1371

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Title Details

Primary Title Backyards

Inscriptionsverso: l.c. graphite "WPA 1937 Back Yards 5 1/2 X 5 Rem Neeson" u.r. graphite "171-69" Marks and Labels/StampsWPA label on file: "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950-C of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D.C. ARTIST NEESON, REMICK STATE MASSACHUSETTS MEDIUM ETCHING [Aquatint] (etching is crossed out and Aquatint is written over) TITLE OF WORK BACK YARDS LOANED TO FAP NATIONAL 1734 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. DATE JULY 29, 1937 This work is the property of the United States Government and is loaned subject to regulations of loan and is not to be removed." Stamped in blue ink on label "AUG 5 1937" Written in graphite on label "M" Written in blue pencil on label "M"

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