Monroe-New York (WPA)

 

William Sanger

  (biography)

c. 1938  

etching 

9 3/4 x 6 15/16" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

about 28 impressions 

titled in pencil, lower center 

GSA WPA book listed pg.72 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art FA6461; GSA WPA book listed pg.151 Baltimore Museum of Art FA7221; GSA WPA book listed pg.179 Detroit Institute of Arts FA9704 

cream wove with partial France watermark 

published 

Federal Art Project New York City WPA 

AFAE224 

SOLD

A WPA etching by William Sanger of Monroe, New York, located in Orange County in Southern New York state. Monroe was named after president James Monroe. Only scattered dwellings are seen in this overview, done in the mid 1930s.