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The Art Lover
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Small caricatural depiction of a bourgeois connoisseur inspecting a painting of a social-protest scene.
Department of Modern & Contemporary Art
[Hudson D. Walker Gallery New York New York] sold; to Mrs. Charles Hutzler. [C.G. Sloan & Company Inc. New York New York] sold; to Jack C. Sando 1985 gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2005.
NOTE: Provenance provided by donor.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Donated by Jack Sando '62 and Judith Sando in appreciation of Professor Seymour Slive
Title: The Art Lover
Description:
Small caricatural depiction of a bourgeois connoisseur inspecting a painting of a social-protest scene.
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