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A man in a hat and coat fishes for change through a sidewalk grate outside of a bank while another man with a cane walks past; a clock and a fire hydrant appear at left.
Money Magnet
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Money Magnet

Artist Don Freeman (American, 1908 - 1978)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Date1936
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 15 7/8 x 11 1/2 in. (40.3 x 29.2 cm)
image: 9 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (23.8 x 20 cm)
matt: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams
Object number1992.11.49
Collections
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