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Explore CollectionsFolk and Self-Taught ArtDirectional Triangles

Directional Triangles

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Directional Triangles
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Title

Directional Triangles

Artist/Maker

Artist once known

Date

1930s

Medium

Cotton

Dimensions

80 × 64 inches

Credit

Gift of Corrine Riley on the occasion of Collectors Evening 2017

Accession #

2017.185

Location

Currently not on view

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