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Harpies
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Rights: © Juan Sánchez
Department of Prints
Senora R. Martinez de Cabrera Camagüey Cuba gift; to Fogg Art Museum March 3 1959.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Senora R. Martinez de Cabrera
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