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Artist: Robert Chester Thomas
Two Figures
By Robert Chester Thomas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This sculpture is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s.
Two Figures, 1949, ebony wood, 24 x 7 x 5 inches, unsigned, but comes from Thomas' daughters ...
Category
1940s American Modern Robert Chester Thomas Art
Materials
Wood, Ebony
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