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  • Edna Hershman, 1939 Apr. 26

    Edna Hershman

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    Title: [Edna Hershman].
    Date:1939 Apr. 26
    Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
    Creator: Sol Horn, photographer
    Description: Hershman painting a mural.

    Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City
    Location: W.P.A. Women at Work, 110 KIng St., N.Y.C.; Date: 4/26/39; Negative No.: 3869-17; Photographer: Sol Horn.
    Identification on accompanying label (typewritten): Edna Hershman went to the School of Fine Arts at Yale on several scholarships. She won medals from the Beaux Arts in mural painting. One of her murals hangs in the nurses' recreation room of the Riverdale Hospital on North Brothers Island. She is at present executing a mural
    Subjects: Art and state / Artists at or with their work / Edna Hershman / Federal aid to the arts / New Deal, 1933-1939 / Painting
    Forms part of: Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, 1935-1942
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    Citation: [Edna Hershman], 1939 Apr. 26 / Sol Horn, photographer. Photographic print : 1 : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, 1935-1942. Archives of American Art.
    Copyright: AAA Copyright Policy
    Digital ID: 2153


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