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  • Bertram Goodman, ca. 1939

    Bertram Goodman

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    Title: [Bertram Goodman].
    Date:ca. 1939
    Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
    Creator: Sidney M. Friend, photographer
    Description: Goodman working on a mural for the Federal Art Project.

    Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): W.P.A. Federal Art Project; 6 East 39th St., New York, N.Y.
    Negative No.: SF101; Title:"The Evolution of the Book" Artist: Bertram Goodman; Theodore Roosevelt High School
    Identification on accompanying label (typewritten): Photograph of Bertram Goodman (WPA - NYC artist)
    Bertram Goodman, WPA artist, putting the finishing touches on his mural "The Development of Printing", at Theodore Roosevelt High School (Washington Ave. and Fordham Rd., Bronx, NY). The figure on which he is working is that of an early bookbinder, drawing threads through a book. It is the central figure in the foreground of the panel. The mural has been executed under the supervision of the Federal Art Project of the WPA.
    Subjects: Art and state / Artists at or with their work / Bertram Goodman / Bronx, N.Y. / Federal aid to the arts / New Deal, 1933-1939 / Painting / Theodore Roosevelt High School
    Forms part of: Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, 1935-1942
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    Citation: [Bertram Goodman], ca. 1939 / Sidney M. Friend, photographer. Photographic print : 1 : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, 1935-1942. Archives of American Art.
    Copyright: AAA Copyright Policy
    Digital ID: 2125


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