Roof Scene / Isami Doi

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Accession Number: 1943.31
Title: Roof Scene
Artist: Isami Doi
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1903-1978
Medium and Support: wood engraving on paper
Object Creation Date: circa 1935
Credit Line: Allocated by the U.S. Government; Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Inscription: Signed LR: Isami Doi Stamped LL: Federal Art Project NYC WPA Addt'l markings: cut initials, block LL: I.D. Inscribed LRC: 10
Dimensions: 19.7 cm x 25.1 cm (7 3/4 in. x 9 7/8 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: abstraction; atmospheric effects; buildings; clothed; clouds; roof; standing; wind; wpa
Secondary Keywords: architectural elements; architecture; cityscapes; components; components and systems; components by specific context; enclosing structural elements; figures; genres; how we live; laundry; modern and contemporary art; organizations; people and occupations; roofs and roof components; structural elements; structural elements and structural element components; the natural world
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1401 x 973
File Size: 156 KB
Record: 1943.31
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1943.31/1943.31.jpg

In public portfolios: Art of the Works Progress Administration WPA (177); Building American empire: war, politics, and social reform in the US, 1901-1950 (235)

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Full citation: "Roof Scene; Isami Doi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1943.31/1943.31.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.