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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Lifeguard
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Lifeguard

Artist Joseph Christian Leyendecker (American, 1874 - 1951)
CultureAmerican
DateNo Date
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 29 3/4 x 21 in. (75.6 x 53.3 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right
Credit LineThe Frank K. Tarrant Collection, gift of the Tarrant family
Object number99.28.11
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA man, wearing a swimming suit which says "lifeguard," stands with his arms crossed over his chest.

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