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Study of the Head and Arms of a Figure by Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland — VisualArtsDB

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Study of the Head and Arms of a Figure

Study of the Head and Arms of a Figure

Study of the Head and Arms of a Figure

Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland

1880

Medium: Black crayon and white chalk on paper
Genre: Figure
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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