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Big Banyan
Big Banyan
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Big Banyan

Artist Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896 - 1978)
Date1962
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 × 24 in. (91.4 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineThe Florida Art Collection, Gift of Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers
Object number2020.18.781
Collections
Visual DescriptionTrunk of a banyan tree with winding branches and roots, with palm trees and water in the distance.
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