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Man with Book

Man with Book
Name: 
SCULPTURE
Man with Book
circa 1938
Country: 
United States New York New York
Accession: 
83.6.6 a,b
Cesare Stea Artist
Collection: 
Object
Paintings and Sculpture
WPA and the New Deal
Subject: 
Figurative , WPA Art Program , Sculpture/Sculpture Design , Metal/Metal Design , New Deal
Inches 31 9 7, Centimeters 78.7 22.9 17.8
Credit Line: 
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
URL: 
83.6.6 A,B.JPG
Tags: 
WPA and the New Deal~Paintings and Sculpture
Cast aluminum very stylized, geometricized male figure with crossed legs at ankles and chin resting on hands on top of an open book; two stacked rounded pieces of plywood as base, one lacquered turquoise the other lacquered red.
Man with Book
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  • Title :     Man with Book
  • Artist:     Cesare Stea Artist
  • Accession:     83.6.6 a,b
  • Country:     United States New York New York
  • Date:     circa 1938
  • Dimensions:     Inches 31 9 7, Centimeters 78.7 22.9 17.8
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Paintings and Sculpture
  • Collection Theme:     WPA and the New Deal
  • Subject:     Figurative , WPA Art Program , Sculpture/Sculpture Design , Metal/Metal Design , New Deal
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     83.6.6 A,B.JPG
  • Tags:     WPA and the New Deal~Paintings and Sculpture
Description:
Cast aluminum very stylized, geometricized male figure with crossed legs at ankles and chin resting on hands on top of an open book; two stacked rounded pieces of plywood as base, one lacquered turquoise the other lacquered red.
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