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Mr. Bear, for "A Three-Sided Question," by Oliver Herford by Oliver Herford — VisualArtsDB

Mr. Bear, for "A Three-Sided Question," by Oliver Herford

Mr. Bear, for "A Three-Sided Question," by Oliver Herford

1897

Medium: Black ink and black wash on heavy off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 25.5 x 38.1 cm (10 1/16 x 15 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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American

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