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A Woman Shall Compass Man
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Department of Modern & Contemporary Art
Howard Finster sold; to Jeff and Jane Camp; [Cavin-Morris/Ethnographic Arts Inc. New York NY]; Didi and David Barrett NY gift; to the Harvard Art Museums 2011.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Collection of Didi & David Barrett ‘71
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