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The Shape of Things to Come

Artist Harry Louis Freund (American, 1905 - 1999)
Dateca. 1946
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsImage: 9 7/8 × 14 inches (25.07 × 35.56 cm)
Sheet: 13 × 18 1/2 inches (33.02 × 46.99 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object numberF99-5/6
Signedl.r. front, pencil: "Louis Freund"
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DescriptionImage depicts ruined city walls and the city beyond as well as a gnarled, leafless tree. A lone figure carrying a bundle over its shoulder walks toward the city along the brightly-lit diagonal of a country road.
Copyright© Louis and Elsie Freund Estate / Jerry Bedford
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