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A black and white print viewed from a high angle showing a person sitting hunched in the lower left foreground. The textured room features a paneled door on the left, a small table with radio and lamp, and a window.
Minor Poet
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Minor Poet

Artist Carlos Anderson (American, 1905-1978)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Date1935-1943
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 22 7/8 x 15 15/16 in. (58.1 x 40.5 cm)
image: 15 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (39.1 x 28.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams.
Object number1992.11.16
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