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Explore CollectionsFolk and Self-Taught ArtJohn Pershing

John Pershing

Unidentified Artist

John Pershing
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Title

John Pershing

Artist/Maker

Unidentified Artist

Date

ca. 1919

Medium

Wood and paint

Dimensions

21 x 8 x 10 inches

Credit

Gift from the Levine Folk Art Collection

Accession #

2021.462

On View

Currently not on view

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