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"The President presides!" (possibly portrait study of Alberto Guani, delegate from Uruguay and President of the 1927-1928 Assembly, League of Nations)
"The President presides!" (possibly portrait study of Alberto Guani, delegate from Uruguay and President of the 1927-1928 Assembly, League of Nations)

"The President presides!" (possibly portrait study of Alberto Guani, delegate from Uruguay and President of the 1927-1928 Assembly, League of Nations)

League of Nations Portraits
,
Geneva, Switzerland

Object Details

Title:
"The President presides!" (possibly portrait study of Alberto Guani, delegate from Uruguay and President of the 1927-1928 Assembly, League of Nations)
Date:
1927
Artist:
Medium:
Sanguine on paper
Dimensions
10 x 7 1/2 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[top left in sanguine]: Sept 9; [top right in sanguine]: The Presideent / presides!; [lower right in graphite]: V. Oakley / 1927

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