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The Aesthetics of Purity
View through Harvard Museums
Department of Prints
Benjamin Moreau Madison Wisconsin sold (through the University of Richmond); to Harvard University Art Museums May 25 2004.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum George R. Nutter Fund
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