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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, President of Czechoslovakia
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, President of Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, President of Czechoslovakia

League of Nations
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Geneva, Switzerland

Object Details

Title:
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, President of Czechoslovakia
Date:
1928
Artist:
Medium:
Charcoal on paper between hinged mats with framing lies in gray wash
Dimensions
12 x 8 ¾ (image)
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left of drawing in graphite]: V.O. / Topolcianky / 1928; [bottom left between framing lines on mat]: President Masaryk; [bottom center of framing mat, typed]: President / T.G. Masaryk / (Czachorowski) [sic]; [verso label 1 of 3 in black ink]: Violet Oakley [space] 1928 / Portrait of Thomas Garigues / Masaryk / Topolcianky, Czechoslovakia / Charcoal sketch; [verso label 2 of 3 in black ink]: 215 [in triangle]; [verso label 3 of 3 in black ink]: P-787

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