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Pillars of Hercules

Pillars of Hercules

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Object Details

Title:
Pillars of Hercules
Date:
1923
Artist:
Medium:
Pastel on dark blue paper on board
Dimensions
19 x 23 7/8 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left of dark blue paper in graphite]: Violet Oakley / 1923; [lower right of board in graphite]: Gibralter (?); [verso upper left in graphite]: Pillars of Hercules [JibeOakley_L-Musa] / $100;

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