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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2008.
Sailor In So'Wester
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2008.

Sailor In So'Wester

Artist Mead Schaeffer (American, 1898 - 1980)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1940
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 20 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (51.4 x 31.8 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right
Credit LineThe Frank K. Tarrant Collection, gift of the Tarrant family
Object number99.28.13
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThe painting is primarily white, negative space excepting a curved blue form that depicts a man (sailor) involved in a suspicious activity. He leans against a ship while looking out to the right.

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