Rapid Transit
c. 1937
Artist, American, 1913 - 2004
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
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Dimensions
image: 26.5 x 35.2 cm (10 7/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
sheet: 37.1 x 44.2 cm (14 5/8 x 17 3/8 in.) -
Accession
2008.115.819
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Sragow Gallery, NY); Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT, 1991; gift to NGA, 2008
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower center in graphite: Rapid Transit; lower right in graphite: Fred Becker 7; lower right in block: FB
Markings
stamped lower left: FEDERAL ART PROJECT NYC WPA; verso, WPA label: WPA FEDERAL ART PROJECT, 110 King St., NYC. Exhibition Department, Date/Sept.19, 1939, House Name/Graphic Artists Name/Fred Becker/Age/(blank)/Title/Rapid Transit Dept #/G37/Medium/(blank)/Acc#/(blank)/Instructor/(blank)/FAP: 1594
Wikidata ID
Q76549994