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Dream (in the train)

Dream (in the train), 1917

  • Beatrice Wood, American, 1893 - 1998

Watercolor and pencil on off-white wove paper

  • Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 3/8 inches (27.6 × 21.3 cm)

Gift of Francis Naumann

F1985.145

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Inscribed, dated, titled in pencil, upper left: 29 Juin 17 (dans le train) | Rêve Inscribed in pencil, center: ROCHE Inscribed in pencil, lower right: MARCEL Annotation in pencil on verso, lower left: D37-3

the artist

Francis Naumann

1986-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Beatrice Wood, Dream (in the train), 1917, watercolor and pencil on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Francis Naumann, F1985.145.

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