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Men are reading the paper on a long beach at the bottom of the drawing while on a billboard-like wall above their heads are layers of advertisements for fun and travel.
Promised Land
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Promised Land

Artist Nan Lurie (American, 1910 - 1985)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project , NYC Studio (1935 - 1943)
Datec. 1935-1942
Place of originNew York, New York
MediumLithograph
Dimensionsmat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
sheet: 15 15/16 x 23 in. (40.5 x 58.4 cm)
image: 11 1/2 x 15 in. (29.2 x 38.1 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 numberL2012.54.40
Collections
Visual DescriptionMen are reading the paper on a long beach at the bottom of the drawing while on a billboard-like wall above their heads are layers of advertisements for fun and travel.
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