Three Figures (WPA) by Jerre H. Murry
Three Figures (WPA)
Jerre H. Murry
Title
Three Figures (WPA)
Artist
Jerre H. Murry
1904 - 1972 (biography)Year
1937
Technique
lithograph
Image Size
13 x 8 1/2" image
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
about 28 impressions
Annotations
WPA label on verso with name, date, and measurements
Reference
GSA WPA catalogue page 216, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, #FA13788
Paper
cream Rives BFK wove
State
published
Publisher
Federal Art Project (Southern CA chapter)
Inventory ID
AFAE157
Price
$500.00
Description
A surreal image done in 1937 in the Federal Arts Project, WPA in a small edition, under 25.
Jerre H. Murry was born in Columbia, Missouri on May 22, 1904, and later studied at the Detroit Academy of Art. In the 1930s Murry moved to Los Angeles where he worked for the Federal Art Project as a muralist.
He exhibited for the Federal Art Project at LACMA in 1925, Stendahl Gallery located in Los Angeles in 1937, the New York World's Fair in 1939, and the Foundation of Western Art in Los Angeles in 1940.
Majority of his work was done and exhibited in Los Angeles, California, and there he died on September 7, 1973.