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Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Artist/Maker (American, 1915 – 2007)
Date1949
MediumOil on board
DimensionsComposition: 25 × 31 1/4 in. (63.5 × 79.4 cm) Frame: 30 1/2 × 36 15/16 × 7/8 in. (77.5 × 93.8 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard F. Plotka, Class of 1956
Object number1986.31
Not on view
DescriptionSanta claus sits in the center of the painting surrounded by elves who are constructing toys
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Exhibition History 1987
Clinton, NY. Bistol Campus Center, Hamilton College. "Primitive Paintings from the Hamilton College Collection: Gifts of Richard F. Plotka '56", March 23 - June 1987 (no cat.)
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, February 1988, "Acquisitions 1986"
Signature Recto, lower left: "E. SCHOENBERGER / 1949"
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