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A newspaper boy holds a stack of newspapers in his left arm, and shows one newspaper overhead in his right arm; a bustling city street in the background with many people on the sidewalk, cars in the street, and shop signs on the tall buildings.
Wuxtry!
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Wuxtry!

Artist Albert Abramovitz (American, born Russia, 1879-1963)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Datec. 1935-1939
MediumColor woodcut
Dimensionsmat: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
sheet: 18 x 13 in. (45.7 x 33 cm)
image: 14 1/16 x 9 15/16 in. (35.7 x 25.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineCourtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration, commissioned through the New Deal Art Projects, with gratitude to Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams
Object numberL2012.54.3
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Visual DescriptionA newspaper boy holds a stack of newspapers in his left arm, and shows one newspaper overhead in his right arm; a bustling city street in the background with many people on the sidewalk, cars in the street, and shop signs on the tall buildings.
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