The Descent, c. 1938

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Medium

lithograph in black on Rives BFK wove paper

Dimensions

image: 30 × 43 cm (11 13/16 × 16 15/16 in.)

sheet: 40.3 × 58.1 cm (15 7/8 × 22 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2008.115.4400

Artists / Makers

Francis B. Shields (artist) American, 1908 - 1990

Federal Art Project (New York City) (publisher)

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Inscription

lower right on stone: F Shields; lower center in graphite: The Descent; lower right in graphite: Shields; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 20 x 24; lower left stamped in black ink: FEDERAL ART PROJECT/NYC WPA

Marks and Labels

stamped lower left in black ink: Federal Art Project / NYC WPA

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Williams, Dave H. and Reba W.