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City Hall and Post Office from Penn Valley Park

City Hall and Post Office from Penn Valley Park

Dateca. 1935
MediumWatercolor over graphite pencil on white wove watercolor paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 7/8 × 10 inches (35.24 × 25.4 cm)
Framed: 25 3/4 × 21 3/4 × 1 1/2 inches (65.41 × 55.25 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Kushner
Object number2025.87
SignedSigned on sheet, lower left, in watercolor: "Dorothy Browdy Kushner"
MarkingsOn frame backing, center, stamped: "Sevan Gallery / 4233 Main / Skokie, IL 60076 / 773-784-3779"
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DescriptionThis is a vertically oriented watercolor of an urban skyscape view of buildings, with a stagecoach, several large rocks, and six people in the foreground. There is a blue sky with several clouds visible beyond the buildings, and there are green trees separating the buildings from the foreground scene. There is an artist's signature on the proper right hand bottom corner of the work. 
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