About the Artwork
Sea Wall
ca. 1939
Hyman Warsager
1909-1974
American
Unknown
Woodcut printed in color ink on laid japan paper
Image: 14 × 18 1/8 inches (35.6 × 46 cm) Sheet: 18 1/4 × 21 1/2 inches (46.4 × 54.6 cm)
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Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.397
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: Hyman Warsager
Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: Sea Wall Inscribed, lower right corner: 17
Watermark: 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.
Hyman Warsager, Sea Wall, ca. 1939, woodcut printed in color ink on laid japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.397.
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