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Polka
Polka

Polka

Artist (American, 1904 - 1990)
Date1938
Geographic OriginWashington
MediumLinocut on tissue paper
DimensionsImage: H 8 3/8 x W 6 in. (H 21.3 x W 15.2 cm)
Paper: H 11 1/8 x W 7 7/8 in. (H 28.3 x W 20 cm)
Credit LineAllocated by the U. S. Government, 1943. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Object number43.385
On View
Not on view
Object NamePrint
Title Details
Primary Title Polka
Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. graphite "Richard Correll"; l.l. graphite "Polka"; l.r. corner graphite "14"; verso: l.l. graphite "LINOLEUM"Marks and Labels/StampsWPA label on file: "FAP #3 FEDERAL ART PROJECT 9950-C of the Works Progress Administration Washington, D.C. ARTIST Richard V. Correll. STATE Washington MEDIUM Linoleum Print TITLE OF WORK POLKA LOANED TO DATE July 6, 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 "JUL 18 1938" Written and encircled in graphite on label "M"

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