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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Contemporary City
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Contemporary City

Artist Nan Lurie (American, 1910 - 1985)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project , NYC Studio (1935 - 1943)
Date1936-1943
Made/manufacturedNew York, New York
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 16 x 22 7/8 in. (40.6 x 58.1 cm)
image: 10 3/8 x 16 1/2 in. (26.4 x 41.9 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 numberL2012.54.41
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DescriptionA view down the street of a deserted and derelict town. Buildings are falling apart, piles of broken wood are in the street
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Nan Lurie
1936-1943
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Nan Lurie
c. 1935-1942
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Ann Nooney
c. 1935-1942
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Thomas Handforth
1928
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Franz Altschuler
1954
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Aaron Bohrod
undated
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Ben Hoffman
1936-1943
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David Burke
1939
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Giuseppe Vasi
c. 1760
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Beatrice Mandelman
1936-1943
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
undated