Rapid Transit, c. 1937

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Medium

woodcut in black on wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2008.115.819

Artists / Makers

Fred Becker (artist) American, 1913 - 2004

Federal Art Project (New York City) (publisher)

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Inscription

lower center in graphite: Rapid Transit; lower right in graphite: Fred Becker 7; lower right in block: FB

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

(Sragow Gallery, NY); Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT, 1991; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Williams, Dave H. and Reba W.