Arrival of Brass Section, c. 1938

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Medium

etching in black on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 29.7 x 16.4 cm (11 11/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

sheet: 40.9 x 28.7 cm (16 1/8 x 11 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams

Accession Number

2008.115.820

Artists / Makers

Fred Becker (artist) American, 1913 - 2004

Federal Art Project (New York City) (publisher)

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Inscription

lower center in graphite: "Arrival of Brass Section"; lower right in graphite: Becker; lower left corner in brown ink by unknown hand: ARRIVAL OF BRASS SECTION / F. BECKER / COP. ENGR (on FILE PROOF stamp); lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: #1; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: FROM KENNETH TEWEL 7/89; 2987

Marks and Labels

lower left stamped in black ink: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA; lower left stamped in blue ink: FILE PROOF / TITLE / ARTIST / MEDIUM / GRAPHIC ARTS DIVISION / N.Y.C. WPA ART PROJECT

Provenance

Lyle Sarnevity; Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT, 1990; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Williams, Dave H. and Reba W.

Bibliography

2000: Williams, Reba and Dave Williams. The Sight of Music, From the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams. Exh. brochure, Print Research Foundation, Stamford, 2000: 13, repro. 10.