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Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion

(English, 1789–1854)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions76.2 x 64.1 cm (30 x 25 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Philip Hofer, Esq.
Accession number61.394
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance1949, sold at Robinson and Foster's, London, and bought by Bonham's (?) [see note 1]. By 1951, Robert Frank, London; 1955, by descent to his wife Mrs. Robert Frank, London. By 1961, Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA; 1961, gift of Hofer. (Accession date: September 20, 1961)

NOTES:
[1] according to letter of August 9, 1961 from Thomas Balston in curatorial file.
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