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Feline Head
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Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Lucy Wallace Porter From her husband? Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum 1962. It is unclear if Mrs. Porter acquired this herself; it is likely that it was part of the collection of her husband Arthur Kingsley Porter.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Lucy Wallace Porter
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