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Poetry (Poésie)
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Poetry (Poésie)

Dateca. 1930
Maker Alfred Auguste Janniot French, 1889-1969
Object number2009.29
Provenanceartist; Walllace K. Harrison (architect of Rockefeller Center); Hester Diamond, New York
Published References"Alfred Janniot, 1889-1969: Sculpteur Art Deco", Paris, 2003, pp. 62-63 (ill. p. 63)
Credit LineGift of Hester Diamond in honor of Mimi Gardner Gates
Dimensions78 9/16 x 40 in. (199.5 x 101.6 cm)
MediumPlaster
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