About the Artwork
The Ballyhoo
ca. 1939
Joseph Leboit
1907-2002
American
Unknown
Woodcut printed in color ink on laid japan paper
Image: 16 7/8 × 14 3/8 inches (42.9 × 36.5 cm) Sheet: 20 1/2 × 18 1/8 inches (52.1 × 46 cm)
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Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.241
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: Joe Leboit
Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: "The Bally hoo" Inscribed, lower right corner: 12
Stamp, lower left: FEDERAL ART PROJECT | NYC WPA
Provenance
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.
Joseph Leboit, The Ballyhoo, ca. 1939, woodcut printed in color ink on laid japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.241.
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