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Loading Bricks
Loading Bricks

Loading Bricks

Artist (American, 1902 - 1957)
Date1937
Geographic OriginNew York, New York
MediumLithograph on ivory paper
DimensionsImage: H 10 7/16 x W 9 1/4 in. (H 26.5 x W 23.5 cm)
Paper: H 15 7/8 x W 11 3/8 in. (H 40.3 x W 28.9 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 number45.1325
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Title Details
Primary Title Loading Bricks
Remarks WPA label
Inscriptionsrecto: signed l.l. on stone: "ML"; l.r. graphite: "Lowengrund"; b.r. graphite: "12" verso: b.l. graphite: "Title on WPA Label: "Loading bricks" Marks and Labels/Stampsl.l. watermark "FRANCE"; recto: l.r. stamped in black ink "FEDERAL ART PROJECT" WPA label on file: "WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL ART PROJECT STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. ARTIST Lowengrund, Margaret TITLE Loading Bricks MEDIUM Litho PROJECT NO. 265-6900 DATE 10/29/37 Property of the United States Government" Written in red pencil on label "M" Written in blue pencil on label "M" Stamped in black ink on label "NOV 10 1937" ProvenanceCommissioned by Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, New York, NY.

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