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Three Tahitian Women
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Oil on wood
Rights: Public Domain
European Paintings, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg 1997 Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg 2002
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Three Young Korean Women Wearing Traditional Robes, Sitting on Mats,and Preparing to Pound Cloth
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