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Date: | Tue, 1 Aug 1995 16:37:21 -0500 |
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Have folks on the list dealt with this question? Many of the works produced
by artists and craftspersons under various WPA projects were loaned during
the late 1930s and early 1940s to all sorts of state governmental agencies
and quasi-governmental groups. Many, if not all, of these works carried a
tag indicating they were loans and that they were the property of the
Federal Art Project. Once the Federal Art Project passed out of existence,
did another federal agency inherit responsibility for these artifacts and
artworks? Does any agency of the federal government continue to maintain
ownership of these paintings? Who has legal title to such things?
Any and all responses--either privately or to the list--will be appreciated.
Doug Kendall, Curator of Domestic Life
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Museum Division
816 State St., Madison WI 53706; (608)-264-6552
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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