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Two story dilapidated and deserted house in isolated country setting with three tress in foreground and two evergreen trees in background. A barbed wire fence visible running around yard's edge.
Deserted House
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Deserted House

Artist Charles Henry Alston (American, 1907 - 1977)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project , NYC Studio (1935 - 1943)
Date1936-1943
Place of originNew York, New York
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 16 1/16 x 23 in. (40.8 x 58.4 cm)
image: 11 1/16 x 15 3/8 in. (28.1 x 39.1 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 numberL2012.54.6
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Visual DescriptionTwo story dilapidated and deserted house in isolated country setting with three tress in foreground and two evergreen trees in background. A barbed wire fence visible running around yard's edge.
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