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Drying 'Dobes
Drying 'Dobes
Drying 'Dobes

Drying 'Dobes

Artist (American, 1903 - 1978)
Datecirca 1942
Mediumtempera on board
DimensionsImage: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Support: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineOn long term loan from the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration
Object number751.23P
DescriptionA couple making adobes in a fenced in area, several rows of adobes along the fence line, woman is carrying a adobe mold walking away from drying adobes on the ground, man is kneeling removing an adobe mold, shovels planted in the ground, trees and mountain peak in the background.
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