Greetings From a Manhattan Artist

Artist Ida Abelman (American, 1910 - 2002)

Dateca. 1935

Geographic OriginNew York, New York

MediumColor lithograph on ivory paper

DimensionsImage: H 8 3/16 x W 10 1/16 in. (H 20.8 x W 25.5 cm)
Paper: H 11 x W 16 in. (H 27.9 x W 40.6 cm)

Credit LineAllocated by the U. S. Government, 1943. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects

Object number43.270

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Primary Title Greetings From a Manhattan Artist

Inscriptionsrecto: right of composition graphite "Ida Abelman"; l.r. graphite "Greetings from a Manhattan Artist"; b.r. graphite "8" verso: b.r. graphite "Ida Abelman / Color litho." Marks and Labels/Stamps"RIVES" watermark; recto: l.l. stamped in black ink "FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA"; Related to 45.445. WPA label for 45.445 on file: "WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL ART PROJECT STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. ARTIST Abelman, Ida TITLE greetings from a Manhattan artist MEDIUM color lithograph PROJECT NO. 765-3-1 DATE 1/30/39" Stamped in black ink on label "FEB 7 1939" Written in blue pencil "M"

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