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A farmer sits on a stool milking a goat inside the milking barn.
Milking
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Milking

Artist Gyula Zilzer (American, born Hungary, 1898 - 1969)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project , NYC Studio (1935 - 1943)
Date1936
Place of originNew York, New York
MediumIntaglio
Dimensionssheet: 11 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (29.2 x 40 cm)
image: 9 x 11 in. (22.9 x 27.9 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 numberL2012.54.79
Collections
Visual DescriptionA farmer sits on a stool milking a goat inside the milking barn.
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