The Metropolitan Museum of Art - La Salle Fortifying Illinois

La Salle Fortifying Illinois

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La Salle Fortifying Illinois

Charles Turzak (American, Streeter, Illinois 1899–1986 Orlando, Florida)

Publisher:: WPA
Date:: 1935–43
Medium:: Woodcut
Dimensions:: sheet: 13 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. (34.6 x 26 cm)
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: Gift of the Work Projects Administration, Allocation Unit, Chicago, 1943
Accession Number:: 43.47.85

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: In graphite at lower right, "C. Turzak" Inscribed on block at lower right, "TURZAK"

Inscription: In graphite at lower left, "La Salle Fortifying Illinois"

Marking: Ink stamp at lower right, "An Original Woodcut/ by C. Turzak/ 21 E. Bellevue Pl./ Chicago" In graphite at lower right, "310"
Provenance

Donor: WPA
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