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Four men stand looking at, examining, and trying on hats, and old clothes.
Old Clothes
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Old Clothes

Artist Saul Kovner (American, born Russia, born 1904)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Date1940
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 16 x 11 7/16 in. (40.6 x 29.1 cm)
image: 7 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (18.7 x 18.7 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams.
Object number1992.11.131
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