Life in New York - Transportation, design for WPA project mural "Life in New York"

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Life in New York - Transportation, design for WPA project mural "Life in New York"
Life in New York - Transportation, design for WPA project mural "Life in New York"
Artist/Maker (American, 1906 - 1987)
Date1933-1934
MediumCrayon and pastel on cardboard
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 7 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (19.1 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineWilliam C. Palmer papers. Bequest of William C. Palmer. Transferred from Hamilton College Library Special Collections.
Object numberWCP.588.2
Not on view
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Additional Details

Provenance 2009: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by transfer from Hamilton College Library Special Collections;
c. 1987: Hamilton College Library Special Collections, by bequest of William C. Palmer.
Signature Signed in pencil at lower right: William C. Palmer; signed and dated in pencil on sheet attached to mat at lower center: Decoration by William C. Palmer / 220 West 16th St. N.Y.C. / 1933 1934
Inscribed Entitled in pencil on sheet attached to mat at upper left: Life in New York-Transportation; inscribed in pencil on sheet attached to mat at upper right: Life in New York-Amusement
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