Harlem Dancers / Elizabeth Olds

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Accession Number: 1943.100
Title: Harlem Dancers
Artist: Elizabeth Olds
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1896-1991
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
Object Creation Date: 1939
Credit Line: Allocated by the U.S. Government; Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Inscription: Inscribed LC: Harlem Dancers Signed LR: Elizabeth Olds.1939 Stamped LL: Federal Art Project NYC WPA Addt'l markings: inscribed LRC: 17 Original NY FAP label in file, date stamped in blue: OCT 9 1939 Stamped in black: OCT 16 1939
Dimensions: 25.5 cm x 35.9 cm (10 1/16 in. x 14 1/8 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: abstraction; dancers; entertainment; groups; interiors; males; standing; wpa
Secondary Keywords: dances; figures; genres; how we live; modern and contemporary art; organizations; people and occupations
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1461 x 991
File Size: 153 KB
Record: 1943.100
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1943.100/1943.100.jpg

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Full citation: "Harlem Dancers; Elizabeth Olds." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1943.100/1943.100.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.