About the Artwork
The Busy Bee
1938
Eli Jacobi
1898-1984
American
Unknown
Lithograph printed in black ink on off-white wove paper
Image: 13 1/4 × 10 3/4 inches (33.7 × 27.3 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 12 3/8 inches (40.3 × 31.4 cm) Framed: 22 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 1 3/8 inches (57.8 × 42.5 × 3.5 cm)
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Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.208
All works created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) are in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, on stone, lower left: [artist's monogram] Signed, in pencil, lower right: eli Jacobi
Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: The "Buzy Bee" Inscribed, lower right corner of sheet: 7
Watermark: (BFK) FRANCE
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.
Eli Jacobi, The Busy Bee, 1938, lithograph printed in black ink on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.208.
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