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Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (scene from "Sky Dance," right page)
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Pages 167-168
Busch-Reisinger Museum
Elizabeth Goldring Piene gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum 2018.
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum Gift of Elizabeth Goldring Piene
Title: Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (scene from "Sky Dance," right page)
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