Golden Slippers

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Golden Slippers

Ruth Starr Rose
(1887 - 1965)
artist

Object Type

Print

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Date

1947

Edition

ed. 250

Dimensions

252 x 327 mm

Credit

Art Collection purchase, 1980

Accession Number

1980.1.16

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Exhibition History

Black Figure Prints: Vignettes of an American Experience, 8/4/1986 to 9/30/1986

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