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DimensionsOverall: 35 × 24 in. (88.9 × 61 cm)

Accession Number 1994.6

Classificationspainting

SignedPhilip C Curtis (l,l oil paint)

ProvenanceEllen Maytag Madsen Estate; Des Moines Art Center [bequest of the previous, 1994]

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