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Painting for a Little Ghost Who Couldn't Learn to Read

Painting for a Little Ghost Who Couldn't Learn to Read, 1947

Alice Rahon, French, 1904 - 1987

Oil and sand on canvas

Framed: Overall: 35 1/4 × 28 13/16 inches (89.5 × 73.2 cm)

2022.8

Museum Purchase, W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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