Untitled (Pink Face)

Joseph Hardin

  • Titles Untitled (Pink Face) (Descriptive)
  • Artist Joseph Hardin, American, 1921 - 1989
  • Dimensions 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Robert Cargo Folk Art Collection; Gift of Caroline Cargo, AFI.463.2013
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings

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