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Four figures, (two men and two women), digging clams at shoreline.
Clamming
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Clamming

Artist Hollis H. Holbrook (American, 1909 - 1985)
Datec. 1940
MediumTempera on masonite
Dimensions12 1/4 x 16 in. (31.1 x 40.6 cm)
frame: 15 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. (39.4 x 48.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, gift of the Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Foundation
Object number1996.13
Collections
Visual DescriptionFour figures, (two men and two women), digging clams at shoreline.
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