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Flute Player
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Flute Player

Artist
Year1940
Classification painting
Medium oil on plaster
Dimensions60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.9 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts 1934 -1943
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
YouTube Video(s) YouTube Video Link


  • Mural series featuring scenes of Potawatomie life. Contract date March 28, 1939; work installed January 22, 1940.



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    Flute Player