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Tight Rope Performer
Tight Rope Performer
Tight Rope Performer

Tight Rope Performer

Artifact IDMO 1956.263
Object Type Print
Artist (Japanese-American, 1889 - 1953)
Date1936
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 16 in x W 11 1/2 in (40.6 cm x 29.2 cm )
Physical DescriptionBlack and white lithographic print depicting a circus tightrope performer. It shows a woman in tights standing on an aerial platform. The print is titled and signed by the artist in pencil below the image: Tight rope performer / Yasuo Kuniyoshi '36. Printed below the image in the lower left: MADE BY W. P .A. / FEDERAL ART PROJECT / N. Y. C. The number "2" is written in pencil in the lower right corner.
Historical NoteThis print was created for the New York Art Project, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration.
Additional Details
Credit LineAllocated by the U.S. Government, Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 1935 - 1943. Held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesArtifacts Relating to the New Deal (National Archives Identifier 750981)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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