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Fantastic Sea Creature

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Slight scribble of indeterminate purpose in black ink on verso.
Rights: © Robert U. Ossorio Foundation
Department of Drawings Agnes Mongan Cambridge Massachusetts gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 1979. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Agnes Mongan in memory of Helen Willard
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Title: Fantastic Sea Creature
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Slight scribble of indeterminate purpose in black ink on verso.

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