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Soft Shell, Hard Shell
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Artist/Maker (American, 1886 - 1969)
Date1947
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/8 × 14 3/8 in. (25.7 × 36.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Taylor Dunn, Class of 1936
Object number1986.17
Not on view
DescriptionAbstract figures in green and yellow
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Exhibition History 1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 140).
Provenance 1986: Hamilton College, by gift of James Taylor Dunn;
1949 - 1986: James Taylor Dunn, by purchase from The Downtown Gallery, New York;
by 1949: The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Markings Label: "The Downtown Gallery" lable on frame verso.
Published References HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5 - September 6, 1992, cat. no.140).

FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, vol. 1, no. 1, February 1988, "Acquisitions 1986").
Signature Signed "Paul Burlin" at upper center of composition in oil paint.
Inscribed None noted.
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