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Tattoo Artist
Public Domain

Eli Jacobi and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City

Tattoo Artist

1937

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Tattoo Artist

1937

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 326 x 404 mm. (12 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.) Image: 277 x 350 mm. (10 7/8 x 13 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.1943.9.462

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): ' Tattoo Artist' ; LR margin (pencil): 'Eli Jacobi'; BR Corner (pencil): '20'; BL Corner on stone: '[artist's monogram]38'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. I'; C: BMA stamp.

Artist

Eli Jacobi

1897–1983

American, born Russia, 1898-1984
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