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"A Southern Lady" (Mrs. Margaret Gamble of Savannah, Georgia)
"A Southern Lady" (Mrs. Margaret Gamble of Savannah, Georgia)

"A Southern Lady" (Mrs. Margaret Gamble of Savannah, Georgia)

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Object Details

Title:
"A Southern Lady" (Mrs. Margaret Gamble of Savannah, Georgia)
Date:
1951
Artist:
Medium:
Pastel on paper between hinged mats with framing lines in violet pastel
Dimensions
19 ½ x 12 ¾ in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom right of drawing in violet pastel]: Violet / Oakley / Savannah / 1951; [verso label 1 of 3 in black ink]: "A Southern Lady" / (Mrs. Margaret Gamble of / Savannah, Georgia) / by / Violet Oakley [in red ink] PD29; [verso label 2 of 3 in brown ink]: 231 [in triangle]; [verso printed label 3 of 3 re Gross McCleaf [gallery?] in black ink]: [artist]: Violet Oakley / [title]: A Savannah Lady / [price]: $800 pastel; [verso on backing paper in black ink]: P-782

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