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Waterfront with buildings and sailboat at a dock, trees behind stores, people along street and on the dock.
Back Bay
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Back Bay

Artist David Burke (American, active 20th Century)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Date1936-1943
MediumColor woodcut
Dimensionssheet: 19 5/8 x 14 7/8 in. (49.8 x 37.8 cm)
image: 15 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (38.4 x 28.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams.
Object number1992.11.39
Collections
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