About the Artwork
Across the Fence
ca. between 1935 and 1941
Bernard P. Schardt
1904-1979
American
Unknown
Woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper
Image: 14 3/4 × 14 1/8 inches (37.5 × 35.9 cm) Sheet: 17 1/2 × 18 inches (44.5 × 45.7 cm)
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Gift of Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.351
Public Domain
Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: Bernard P Schardt
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: Across the Fence Inscribed, lower right edge: 14 5/8 15 1/4 Inscribed, lower right corner: 5
Watermark: BASINGWERK PARCHMENT Samp, lower center: 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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Bernard P. Schardt, Across the Fence, ca. between 1935 and 1941, woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.351.
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