Phyllis Downs (1921-2013): Red Light

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Phyllis Downs (1921-2013): Red Light

Oil on canvas, 1956, signed 'Downs' lower right, titled on a label on the stretcher, with label from Tweed Gallery, University of Minnesota and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

39 1/2 x 35 1/2 in., 43 x 39 in. (frame).

Gift of the T. B. Walker Foundation, 1958.

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.

Condition

CONDITION REPORT:

A small and unobtrusive area of craquelure center right. Otherwise in very good condition.

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