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Windswept Tree and Rocks
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Watercolor and gouache on white wove paper, American
The American Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, From the Cleland and Katherine Whitton Collection Gift of Janet Whitton Pynch and Donald C. Whitton 2006
Title: Windswept Tree and Rocks
Description:
Watercolor and gouache on white wove paper, American.
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