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Max H. Dorsinville (1910-2005), Delegate from Haiti, Addressing the Assembly of the United Nations
Max H. Dorsinville (1910-2005), Delegate from Haiti, Addressing the Assembly of the United Nations

Max H. Dorsinville (1910-2005), Delegate from Haiti, Addressing the Assembly of the United Nations

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Object Details

Title:
Max H. Dorsinville (1910-2005), Delegate from Haiti, Addressing the Assembly of the United Nations
Date:
1946
Artist:
Medium:
Black and white conté on brown paper
Dimensions
12 x 8 ¾ in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert McLean, 1980
Description

In 1964 Oakley wrote, "At the Assembly of the United Nations last Thursday, to me the most beautiful speech, in rich, sonorous French, burning, brilliant, poetic, and astonishingly brief was delivered by the Delegate from Haiti."

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