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Pertaining to Manhattan Island, ca. 1937

  • Ida Abelman, American, 1910 - 2002

Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Image: 18 × 13 3/4 inches (45.7 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 23 × 16 inches (58.4 × 40.6 cm)

Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project

43.116

Signed, on stone, lower right: I. ABELMAN Signed, in pencil, lower right: Ida Abelman

Watermark: FRANCE Stamped, lower left: FEDERAL ART PROJECT | NYC WPA

Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: Pertaining to Manhattan Island Inscribed, lower right corner: 10

Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project

1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Ida Abelman, Pertaining to Manhattan Island, ca. 1937, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.116.