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Portrait study of Dr. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, First President of Czechoslovakia
Portrait study of Dr. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, First President of Czechoslovakia

Portrait study of Dr. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, First President of Czechoslovakia

League of Nations
,
Geneva, Switzerland

Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of Dr. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, First President of Czechoslovakia
Date:
c. 1928
Artist:
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
34 ½ x 26 ½
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[verso on top stretcher in graphite]: Thos A Masaryk / 14 [in triangle]; [verso label 1 of 2 in black ink]: Violet Oakley [space] OP44 [in red ink] / Portrait of / Dr. Thomas Garrigues/ Masaryk -- First / Pres. Of Czechoslovakia / (Background: library of Castle Topoľčianky); [verso label 2 of 2 in black ink]: 82 [in triangle]Oakley portrays Dr. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in his library at the Castle of Topolcianky.

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