Art Gets Paid
Date1937
Artist
Kyra Markham
American actress, painter and printmaker, 1891–1967
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 6 × 7 15/16 in. (15.2 × 20.2 cm)
sheet: 7 × 9 3/4 in. (17.8 × 24.8 cm)
sheet: 7 × 9 3/4 in. (17.8 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael J. Ettner, 2026
Object number2026-1.169
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextPayday was a social event for workers on the Federal Art Project, who mingle and exchange ideas while they wait in Art Gets Paid. Artists employed by New York City's CETA-funded Cultural Council Foundation four decades later remember lively convenings when picking up their paychecks.
