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Study for the book God's Trombones by James Weldon Johnson

1926

Medium: Tempera and pencil on board
Dimensions: 17 5/8 × 14" (44.8 × 35.6 cm)
Genre: Drawing
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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Study for the book God's Trombones by James Weldon Johnson by Aaron Douglas — VisualArtsDB