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View of New York from across the river; a boat with a wench is in the foreground on the river; the dock is barely visible at the bottom of the print
Untitled
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Untitled

Artist Herbert Meyer (American, 1882 - 1960)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project , NYC Studio (1935 - 1943)
Date1936
Place of originNew York, New York
MediumIntaglio, etching, aquatint
Dimensionssheet: 11 1/2 x 16 in. (29.2 x 40.6 cm)
image: 6 x 10 in. (15.2 x 25.4 cm)
matt: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 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 numberL2012.54.47
Collections
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