Chinese Shrimp Camp / David Chun

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Accession Number: 1943.17
Title: Chinese Shrimp Camp
Artist: David Chun
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: Born 1899
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
Object Creation Date: 1939
Credit Line: Allocated by the U.S. Government; Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Inscription: Inscribed l.l.: Chinese Shrimp Camp Signed l.r.: David P. Chun Addt'l markings: oval blind stamp l.r. margin: Federal Art Project Stamped: San Francisco AUG 29 1939
Dimensions: 24.7 cm x 35.9 cm (9 3/4 in. x 14 1/8 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: earthmoving; interiors; males; shrimp; standing; workers; wpa
Secondary Keywords: animals; construction equipment; earthmoving equipment; equipment; equipment by process; figures; genres; how we live; modern and contemporary art; mollusks and crustaceans; objects we use; organizations; people and occupations; shovels; the natural world; tools and equipment
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1425 x 959
File Size: 139 KB
Record: 1943.17
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1943.17/1943.17.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Tourism (60); Art of the Works Progress Administration WPA (177); Arts and culture in 20th-century American life - a study case selection (12); Food cultures (178); Local food cultures - a study room selection (18); Local food--farms, markets, dining (27); O - Labor Activism in the US (221); Race, gender, class and American identity (393); Social Realism, mid-19th century to mid-20th century (80); Work and workers (328)

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Full citation: "Chinese Shrimp Camp; David Chun." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1943.17/1943.17.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.