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Slightly elevated view of a winding river with a dam.

The Coffer Dam

Identifier
2016.65.42
Date Created
1914
Work Medium
Oil on Canvas
Dimensions
29.5 in x 23.375 in
Thesaurus of Geographic Names Location
Grand Rapids
Art & Architecture Thesaurus Categories
oil painting
landscapes
Description
Slightly elevated view of a winding river with a dam. Bare trees and green gras around the water.
Credit
Gift of George H. and Barbara Gordon

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Related Catalog Raisonné:

The Coffer Dam

MILW2142

Painting Origin

Grand Rapids

Keywords

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)

Painting
Landscape painting
Dams in art
Landscape painters
Landscape painting, American

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