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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Woman With Compact
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Woman With Compact

Artist Edouard Garcia Benito (Spanish, 1891-1981)
CultureSpanish?
Dateca. 1930
MediumPen | Ink | Color | Foil
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right: "BENITO". Inscribed in ink across bottom of mat: "To Jacque with ever so much gratitude and [illegible]. From Frank Cownenshield."
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.1126
Not on view
DescriptionArt Deco drawing. Portrait of a woman facing left looking into a compact. Done in pen, ink and color on silver foil.

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