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Against the Light by Childe Hassam — VisualArtsDB

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Against the Light

Against the Light

Against the Light

1907

Medium: Graphite, with touches of pen and brownish-red ink and with brush and pink goauche, on dark tan wove paper
Dimensions: 18.8 × 13.9 cm (7 7/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Genre: Graphite
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)paintgraphiteinkgouacheprints and drawingwatercolorpaper (fiber product)water-base paint

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