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Portrait study of Edvard Beneš, delegate from Czechoslovakia to the League of Nations
Portrait study of Edvard Beneš, delegate from Czechoslovakia to the League of Nations

Portrait study of Edvard Beneš, delegate from Czechoslovakia to the League of Nations

League of Nations
,
Geneva, Switzerland

Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of Edvard Beneš, delegate from Czechoslovakia to the League of Nations
Date:
c. 1927–29
Artist:
Medium:
Pen and ink and graphite on onion skin paper
Dimensions
10 x 7 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[below drawing, center in black ink]: H. E. Doctor Eduard Beneš; [bottom in graphite]: League of Nations delegate -- Czechoslovakia

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