Artwork Details
- Title
- Wheat
- Artist
- Date
- 1967
- Location
- Dimensions
- 20 x 21 in. (50.8 x 53.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Mitchell and museum purchase
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on wood
- Classifications
- Highlights
- Subjects
- Landscape — plant — wheat
- Landscape — farm
- Object Number
- 1991.55
Works by this artist (19 items)
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