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Black and white print of clustered wooden houses with pitched roofs. Textured, carved lines depict a grassy foreground, winding path, hilly background, and sky. Power lines stretch over houses on the right.
Portuguese Yard
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Portuguese Yard

Artist Betty Waldo Parish (American, 1910 - 1986)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Date1935-1938
MediumWoodcut with brown ink
Dimensionssheet: 9 5/8 x 13 7/8 in. (24.4 x 35.2 cm)
image: 5 5/16 x 8 in. (13.5 x 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams
Object number1992.11.109
Collections
Visual DescriptionBlack and white print of clustered wooden houses with pitched roofs. Textured, carved lines depict a grassy foreground, winding path, hilly background, and sky. Power lines stretch over houses on the right.
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