About the Artwork
Stone Crusher
1939
Todros Geller
1889-1949
American
Unknown
Wood engraving printed in black ink on japan paper
Image: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 10 5/8 × 16 5/8 inches (27 × 42.2 cm)
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Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.182
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Markings
Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: Todros Geller 39
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: Stone Crusher 23/35 Inscribed, following the date stamp, lower left corner: ILL Inscribed, in blue pencil, lower center: 3923 (repeated in pencil, lower right corner)
Stamp, lower left edge: APR 26 1941
Provenance
Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
1941-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.
Todros Geller, Stone Crusher, 1939, wood engraving printed in black ink on japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.182.
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