About the Artwork
Pipe Dream
1939
H. Mallette Dean
1907-1975
American
Unknown
Linoleum cut printed in color on wove paper
Image: 9 × 7 1/8 inches (22.9 × 18.1 cm) Sheet: 11 × 9 inches (27.9 × 22.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.163
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Markings
Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: Mallette Dean 1939
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: Pipe dream Inscribed, verso, lower left corner: 4313 Inscribed, lower center: Calif-Color-Lin. Blk.
Drystamp: FEDERAL | ART | PROJECT
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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.
H. Mallette Dean, Pipe Dream, 1939, linoleum cut printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.163.
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