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Oasis of El Oued: Harbor of Refuge
Oasis of El Oued: Harbor of Refuge

Oasis of El Oued: Harbor of Refuge

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Object Details

Title:
Oasis of El Oued: Harbor of Refuge
Date:
1928
Artist:
Medium:
Pastel and graphite on light gray paper on off-white paper
Dimensions
20 x 15 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom right of light gray paper in graphite]: VO [overlapping initials] / El Oued / 1928; [between framing lines of mat lower left in graphite]: Harbor of Refuge; [between framing lines of mat lower right in graphite]: Oasis of El Oued; [bottom left of mat printed on label]: 145

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