Amphitheatre / Lester Varian

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Accession Number: 1935.15
Title: Amphitheatre
Artist: Lester Varian
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1881-1967
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1935
Credit Line: Courtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Inscription: Inscribed l.l.: Amphitheatre. Signed l.r.: Lester E. Varian. Inscribed on stone l.r.: S.P.S. Project. Addt'l markings: triangular inscription l.l.
Dimensions: 29.1 cm x 22.9 cm (11 7/16 in. x 9 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: rocks; ruins; trees; water; wpa
Secondary Keywords: architecture; descriptors; how we live; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; modern and contemporary art; organizations; plants; the natural world; waterscapes
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 993 x 1309
File Size: 149 KB
Record: 1935.15
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1935.15/1935.15.jpg

In public portfolios: Art of the Works Progress Administration WPA (177); Ruins (120)

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Full citation: "Amphitheatre; Lester Varian." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1935.15/1935.15.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.