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ILYA BOLOTOWSKY (1907-1981)
Nome, Alaska. Ink on paper, 1944. Signed, Ilya Bolotowsky, dated, 1944, and inscribed, Nome, lower right. 350x501 mm; 13¾x19¾ inches.
Provenance: The artist; Esphyr Slobodkina; The Slobodkina Foundation. This work is recorded in the Slobodkina Foundation's archives as number SF603.
In 1936 the Federal Art Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA) work relief program commissioned Paul Kelpe, Ilya Bolotowsky, Balcomb Greene, and Albert Swinden to create murals for the community rooms of the Williamsburg Public Housing Development in Brooklyn, NY. Bolotowsky was commisioned to create a second mural in1939 by the Federal Art Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA) work relief program for The Hall of Sciences as part of the New York Wold's Fair, now part of the Art Institute of Chicago's permanent collection. Bolotowsky inlisted in the army and was stationed in Alaska from 1942-1944.
