Physical Qualities
Etching with stipple with printed tone, Sheet: 404 x 535 mm. (15 7/8 x 21 1/16 in.)
Plate: 301 x 378 mm. (11 7/8 x 14 7/8 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.1943.9.684
Label removed from verso (form; with ARTIST, TITLE, MEDIUM, and DATE filled in with black ink): 'WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / STATE N.Y. CITY N.Y. / ARTIST Guyer, Irving / TITLE Passing scene / MEDIUM Etch / PROJECT NO. 565-3-1 / DATE 7/20/38 / Property of the / United States Government / FAP:394'; (stamped in black ink): 'JUL 26 1938'.
BMA, "Etchings in America, 1875-1940: Selections from the Museum Collection," 5 November 1985 - 2 March 1986.
Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (stamped in black ink): 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA'; LC margin (pencil): 'The Passing Scene'; LR margin (pencil): 'Irving Guyer 1938'; BR Corner (pencil): '13'; BR in plate: 'I. Guyer'. VERSO: LR (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; C: BMA stamp.
Publisher
WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
2000–2000
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