About the Artwork
Down to the Sea
between 1935 and 1943
William Sanger
born 1888
American
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 7 × 9 7/8 inches (17.8 × 25.1 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 15 7/8 inches (29.5 × 40.3 cm)
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Gift of Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.349
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: William Sanger
Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: Down to the Sea Inscribed, lower right corner: 11
Watermark: FRANCE Stamped, in black, lower left corner: FEDERAL ART PROJECT | NYC WPA
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.
William Sanger, Down to the Sea, between 1935 and 1943, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.349.
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