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Figure of a Clown
View through Harvard Museums
Department of Modern & Contemporary Art
[Pierre Matisse Gallery New York New York] sold; to Private Collector gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1970.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Anonymous Gift
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