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Open Sesame

Collection: Queens Library New Deal Art Project Artwork
Date: 1937-1942; 1937 Material: Framed, gouache paint on unknown material Dimension: 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches; 400 ppi
Creator: Lincoln Cross Identifier: aql:27642 wpa-ql-000238 wpa-ql-000238.tif

Description: Brightly dressed figures carrying gold coins and various goods. One figure, wearing yellow and green and holding a scimitar, raises his arm toward a rock wall.; Typed label taped to back: "Federal Works Agency – Work Projects Administration Arts Program – NYC APA Art Project – O.P. 65-1-97-2063 (WP 1) – 110 King Street Exhibitions Dept. Div Graphic Artist Carlos Anderson Title New School Library Dept. # 5 – Litho Accession Number G 1019"

Title : Open Sesame

Collection : aql:26142; aql:29049

Creator : Lincoln Cross

Date : 1937-1942; 1937

Summary/Description : Brightly dressed figures carrying gold coins and various goods. One figure, wearing yellow and green and holding a scimitar, raises his arm toward a rock wall.; Typed label taped to back: "Federal Works Agency – Work Projects Administration Arts Program – NYC APA Art Project – O.P. 65-1-97-2063 (WP 1) – 110 King Street Exhibitions Dept. Div Graphic Artist Carlos Anderson Title New School Library Dept. # 5 – Litho Accession Number G 1019"

Subject : Men

Rights : Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Federal Art Project NYC WPA. On extended loan to Queens Library. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Type : Gouache painting

Format : Framed, gouache paint on unknown material; 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches; 400 ppi

Identifier : aql:27642 wpa-ql-000238 wpa-ql-000238.tif

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Rights Notice
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Federal Art Project NYC WPA. On extended loan to Queens Library. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.


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