Sleeping Girl

Artist Michael J. Gallagher (American, 1895 - 1965)

Dateca. 1935

Geographic OriginPennsylvania

MediumWoodcut on cream paper

DimensionsImage: H 5 7/8 x W 9 13/16 in. (H 15 x W 25 cm)
Paper: H 8 11/16 x W 12 7/8 in. (H 22.1 x W 32.7 cm)

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

Object number43.442

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title Sleeping Girl

Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. graphite "Sleeping Girl"; l.r. graphite "MJ Gallagher"Marks and Labels/Stampswatermark l.r. "JAPAN"; verso: u.l. WPA label: "WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL ART PROJECT TITLE: Sleeping Girl ARTIST: Gallagher, Michael (STATE) PROJECT: Pennsylvania RACK NO. 52" (label cut down) Stamped in blue ink on label "JUL 7 1936" Written in blue pencil on label "M" Red star sticker attached to label

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