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  • Lillian Shaw, 1939 Apr. 26

    Lillian Shaw

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    Title: [Lillian Shaw].
    Date:1939 Apr. 26
    Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
    Creator: Sol Horn, photographer
    Description: Shaw painting for the WPA, Federal Art Project.

    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.: 3869-6; Photographer: Sol Horn.
    Identification on accompanying label (typewritten): Lillian Shaw, sculptor, excels in painting, a delicate process of treating plaster figures so that they resemble bronze, terra cotta and other permanent mediums. She went, on scholarships, to the Art Students League, the Leonardo Da Vinci School, and the American Artists School. In the photo she is shown painting a figure by Richard Barthe, fellow artist on the WPA Federal Art Project.
    Subjects: Art and state / Artists at or with their work / Federal aid to the arts / Lillian Shaw / New Deal, 1933-1939 / Painting
    Forms part of: Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, 1935-1942
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    Citation: [Lillian Shaw], 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: 2385


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