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Very soft blurred forms, some hard edges, looks like an out of focus photograph.
August Still Life
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

August Still Life

Artist Clinton Adams (American, 1918 - 2002)
Printer Lynton R. Kistler (American, born 1897)
Date1956
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsPaper: 20 1/4 x 23 7/8 in. (51.44 x 60.64 cm)
Image: 12 7/8 x 17 1/2 in. (32.7 x 44.45 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Clinton and Mary Adams
Object number1998.14.1
Collections
Visual DescriptionVery soft blurred forms, some hard edges, looks like an out of focus photograph.
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