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Shave 25¢
Public Domain

Beatrice M. Mandelman and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Shave 25¢

1936

Scroll
Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 290 x 404 mm. (11 7/16 x 15 7/8 in.) Image: 222 x 273 mm. (8 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line The United States General Services Administration, formerly Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration, on extended loan to the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Object Number L.1943.9.940
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE typed in): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST MANDELMAN, BEATRICE / TITLE SHAVE 25¢ / MEDIUM LITHOGRAPH / PROJECT NO. 265-6900-853 / DATE MAY 7, 1937 / Property of the / United States Government'; (stamped in black ink): 'MAY 12 1937'; (red pencil): 'B'.
Virginia Anderson and Robin Owen Joyce, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA," November 5, 2023 - June 30, 2024.

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LR margin (pencil): 'Shave 25¢ Beatrice Mandelman'; BR Corner (pencil): '8'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.

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