Gas Station

Artist Frank Daniel Fousek (American, 1913 - 1979)

Date1937

Geographic OriginOhio

MediumEtching with aquatint on off-white paper

DimensionsImage: H 5 5/16 x W 7 in. (H 13.5 x W 17.8 cm)
Paper: H 10 7/16 x W 13 1/16 in. (H 26.5 x W 33.2 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 number45.1102

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title Gas Station

Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. graphite "Gas Station"; l.r. graphite "Frank D. Fousek"; b.r. graphite "E" Marks and Labels/Stampsrecto: l.c. stamped in black ink "FEDERAL ART PROJECT NO. 1" WPA label on file: "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950-C of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D.C. ARTIST Frank Fousek STATE Ohio MEDIUM Etching TITLE OF WORK Gas Station LOANED TO W.P.A. in Washington DATE MAY 18 1937 This works is the property of the United States Government and is loaned subject to regulations of loan and is not to be removed." Written in blue ink on label "M" Stamped in blue ink on label "JUN 1 1937"

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