A black-and-white photograph of a Black man in a flat cap and dark cardigan behind a wooden barricade that says "WPA" and in front of a sign with a painting polar bear.

"WPA," San Francisco

John Gutmann (1905-1998)

Date

1937, printed ca. 1980
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 13 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.
Sheet: 14 x 11 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
u.l. in graphite: 253.6
u.r. in graphite: M 1 ["1" is circled] 2 ["2" is circled] \ D-3
c.r. along edge in graphite: 62 [circled]
l.l. in graphite: DEPR. \ "WPA" SAN FRANCISCO 1937
l.l. in graphite: VIII
l.c. in graphite: OR 2 CL S>
l.r. signed in graphite: © John Gutmann
l.r. in graphite: 77'6 %
l.r. in graphite: SP
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the John Gutmann Estate
Accession Number

P2002.5
Copyright

© The Center for Creative Photography

Location: Off view

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