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On the Sands

(American, 1872–1934)
1900–10
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 18.3 x 21.9 cm (7 3/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of John G. Pierce, Sr.
Accession number65.1715
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsSigned in pencil bottom left: ALBERT PRENTICE BUTTON, and in margin pencil directions (for reproduction?):
ProvenancePrivate collection; 1965, gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 8, 1965)
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