Untitled

Cheryl Laemmle

1996

  • Titles Untitled (Proper)
  • Artist Cheryl Laemmle, American, born 1947
  • Medium oil on gold leaf on canvas
  • Dimensions 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art, THE DOROTHY AND HERBERT VOGEL COLLECTION: FIFTY WORKS FOR FIFTY STATES, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2008.60
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings

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