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Bust portrait study of Marcia Van Dresser in profile
Bust portrait study of Marcia Van Dresser in profile

Bust portrait study of Marcia Van Dresser in profile

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Object Details

Title:
Bust portrait study of Marcia Van Dresser in profile
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Sanguine and white chalk on light orange paper
Dimensions
20 5/8 x 13 1/2 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom right erasure in graphite]: Marcia Van Dresser [?]; [bottom right, below erasure, in red ink]: stamped signature

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