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Delphina

Agnes Tait
(1894 - 1981)
artist

Object Type

Print

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Date

1939

Dimensions

350 x 255 mm

Credit

Art Collection purchase, 1979

Accession Number

1979.3.9

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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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