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Dina Melicov

Melicov working on a sculpture. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City WPA women at work, 110 King St., N.Y.C.; Date: 4/26/39; Negative No.: 3869-14; Photographer: Sol Horn. Identification on accompanying label (typewritten): Dina Melicov's fountain figure symbolizes womanhood. She is one of the many women sculptors whose work is scheduled for placement in the tax-supported public buildings through the WPA Federal Art Project. She studied at City College of New York, and received a scholarship to the Sorbonne in Paris. Fourteen carved panels of the Stations were executed by her for the private chapel of the Bishop of Rhode Island.

Date
1939-04-26
Photographer / author
Sol Horn
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
photograph
Original size
3,632 × 3,743 pixels

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Reason: a US government work (Works Progress Administration).

Read from: Commons licence category: PD US WPA; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Dina Melicov" (1939-04-26). Sol Horn, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archives_of_American_Art_-_Dina_Melicov_-_2273.jpg

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