Paul Bunyan Sleeping

Artist Richard V. Correll (American, 1904 - 1990)

Date1938

Geographic OriginWashington

DimensionsImage: H 7 3/4 x W 10 7/16 in. (H 19.7 x W 26.5 cm)
Paper: H 10 7/8 x W 15 5/8 in. (H 27.6 x W 39.7 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 number45.1145

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Object NamePrint

Title Details

Primary Title Paul Bunyan Sleeping

Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. graphite "PAUL BUNYAN SLEEPING"; l.r. graphite "Richard Correll"; l.l. corner graphite "12"Marks and Labels/StampsWPA label on file: "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950-C of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D.C. ARTIST Richard Correll. STATE Washington MEDIUM Linoleum block print TITLE OF WORK Paul Bunyan Sleeping LOANED TO DATE Mar. 18, 1938 This work is the property of the United States Government and is loaned subject to regulations of loan and is not to be removed." Stamped in black ink on label "MAR 8 1938" Written and encircled in red pencil on label "M"

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