State Road, Provincetown

Artist William Harry Warren Bicknell (American, 1860 - 1947)

Date1939

Geographic OriginMassachusetts

MediumEtching on cream paper

DimensionsPlate: H 7 15/16 x W 11 1/16 in. (H 20.2 x W 28.1 cm)
Paper: H 12 9/16 x W 15 5/8 in. (H 31.9 x W 39.7 cm)

Credit LineAllocated by the U. S. Government, 1943. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects

Object number43.347

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Title Details

Primary Title State Road, Provincetown

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "WHW Bicknell"; l. edge graphite "WPA 1939 'State Road Provincetown' Etching 8 x 11 WHW Bicknell"; verso: l.c. red pencil "504-19"Marks and Labels/Stampsverso: u.l. WPA label: "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT of the Work Projects ['Progress' crossed out] Administration Washington, D. C. ARTIST Bicknell, William STATE Massachusetts MEDIUM Etching TITLE OF WORK State Road LOANED TO FAP National DATE August 10, 1939 This work is the property of the United States Government and is loaned subject to regulations." Stamped in black ink on label "AUG 15 1939" Written and encircled in blue pencil on label "M"

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