About the Artwork
Amawalk Barn
ca. 1938
Oscar Weissbuch
1904-1948
American
Unknown
Wood engraving printed in black ink on wove paper
Image: 7 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (20 × 25.1 cm) Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 1/2 inches (28.9 × 44.5 cm)
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Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.402
All works created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) are in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, on block, lower right: OW Signed, in pencil, lower right: Oscar Weissbuch
Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: Amawalk Barn
Watermark: BASINGWERK PARCHMENT Stamped, in black, lower left: FEDERAL ART PROJECT | NYC WPA WPA label, attached to verso: [includes Project No. 565-3-1 and FAP: 394 Marks, on label: [dated in ink] 8/18/38 [stamped] SEP 1 1938
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.
Oscar Weissbuch, Amawalk Barn, ca. 1938, wood engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.402.
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