Ballet Dancer No. 6

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

Date1937

Geographic OriginCalifornia

DimensionsImage: H 10 1/4 x W 7 1/16 in. (H 26 x W 18 cm)
Paper: H 15 3/4 x W 11 7/16 in. (H 40 x W 29 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 number45.1361

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title Ballet Dancer No. 6

Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. graphite "Ballet dancer- No. 6"; l.r. graphite "Arthur G. Murphy"; t.r. red pencil "M" verso: l.l. graphite "1126-1222" Marks and Labels/Stampsl.l. watermark "FRANCE"; WPA label on file: label has been cut down "AP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950 of the Works Progress Administration RTIST Murphy, Arthur TATE California MEDIUM Lithograph ITLE OF WORK Ballet Dancer #6 OANED TO DATE This work is the property of the United States Government and is loaned subject to regualtions of loan and is not to be removed." Written in blue pencil on label "M" Stamped in black ink on label "MAY 12 1937"

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