About the Artwork
B Street, Virginia City, Nevada
1938
Julius Pommer
1895-1945
American
Unknown
Aquatint and etching printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 8 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (22.5 × 27.6 cm) Sheet: 11 1/2 × 14 7/8 inches (29.2 × 37.8 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.317
All works created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) are in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, lower left: J.P. 38 Signed, in pencil, lower right: Julius Pommer
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: "B. St. Virginia City, Nev." Inscribed, verso, lower left: 2480-2579 Inscribed, lower center: Calif-Aquatint
Drystamp, lower right: FEDERAL | ART | PROJECT
Provenance
Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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All works created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) are in the public domain.
Julius Pommer, B Street, Virginia City, Nevada, 1938, aquatint and etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.317.
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