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Delegate from Poland to the United Nations
Delegate from Poland to the United Nations

Delegate from Poland to the United Nations

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Object Details

Title:
Delegate from Poland to the United Nations
Date:
1946
Artist:
Medium:
Black and white pastel on blue paper mounted on light gray paper with framing lines in black pastel]
Dimensions
12 x 9 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom right of drawing in white pasatel on guidelines in graphite]: Violet / Oakley / 1946; [bottom center between framing lines in black pastel over white pastel "plaque"]: Poland

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