About the Artwork
Tanks at Hunts Point
1932
Donald Forbes
1905-1951
American
Unknown
Paint on canvas
Overall: 24 × 36 inches (61 × 91.4 cm)
Paintings
American Art before 1950
Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
43.98
All works created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) are in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, lower right: D. F. 32
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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.
Donald Forbes, Tanks at Hunts Point, 1932, paint on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 43.98.
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