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Barbed Wire Romance
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Barbed Wire Romance
Artist
Ben Messick
(1901 - 1981)
Date
c. 1934
Medium
Charcoal and pastel on paper
Dimensions
9 x 12"
Classifications
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of The Hilbert Collection
Object number
2020.037
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Not on view
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