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

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Date:

c. 1928

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Oil on canvas

Dimensions

34 ½ x 26 ½

Classification

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of 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 Czechoslavakia / (Background: library of Castle Topoľčianky); [verso label 2 of 2 in black ink]: 82 [in triangle]Oakley portrays Masaryk in his library at Castle of Topolcianky.

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