Fish Day / Minnie Murphy

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Accession Number: 1943.93
Title: Fish Day
Artist: Minnie Murphy
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1901-1962
Medium and Support: wood engraving on paper
Object Creation Date: 1938
Credit Line: Allocated by the U.S. Government; Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Inscription: Inscribed LC: "Fish Day" Signed LR: M.Lois Murphy Stamped LL: Federal Art Project NYC WPA Addt'l markings: initials on block LL: MLM Inscribed LRC: 10
Dimensions: 22.9 cm x 17.8 cm (9 in. x 7 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: barrels (containers); fish; scales (weighing devices); workers; wpa
Secondary Keywords: animals; containers; containers by form; how we live; measuring devices; measuring devices for forces; modern and contemporary art; objects we use; organizations; people and occupations; streets; the natural world; urban life; weighing devices; weighing devices by form
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1936 x 2526
File Size: 651 KB
Record: 1943.93
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1943.93/1943.93.jpg

In public portfolios: 15 images (15); Art of the Works Progress Administration WPA (177); Building American empire: war, politics, and social reform in the US, 1901-1950 (235); Expressionism and Visual Narrative (54); Food cultures (178); German Expressionism and the Graphic Novel (54); Local food cultures - a study room selection (18); Local food--farms, markets, dining (27); O - Labor Activism in the US (221); Social Realism, mid-19th century to mid-20th century (80); Underdogs, everyday heroes, antiheroes (53); Work and workers (328); WPA woman artists (41)

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Full citation: "Fish Day; Minnie Murphy." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1943.93/1943.93.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.